Bolivia. The Ministry of Labor approved the resolution that prohibits employers from installing security cameras inside their companies in order to monitor or control their workers. They can do this to control the external part or in environments where they receive customers.
The General Director of Labor, Miguel Albarracín, explained that the provision "perfects" the decision taken in consensus with the workers and embodied in the initial resolution 061/15 that, he maintained, lent itself to misinterpretations.
"It is strictly forbidden in any workplace, the use of surveillance cameras as a form of control of workers, or that affects their privacy and intimacy," says the document approved on March 10, according to an institutional bulletin.
The previous rule was observed by the Federation of Factories of La Paz because it opened the possibility of installing cameras to control the quality of production.
"Any improper use in the workplace will be considered illegal, harassment and harassment at work," the new resolution states. From the issuance of this regulation, Albarracín explained, workers can report to the Ministry of Labor, immediately, and after an inspection instruct the removal of these equipment.
Albarracín explained that entrepreneurs can place surveillance in the environment of the infrastructure of their companies to preserve their assets and in areas where there is an influx of customers such as banks and shopping centers.
"Surveillance systems through cameras outside the work centers or where there is an influx of people and customer service due to the nature of the services they provide, can be used only to protect the security of the company," says article 2 of the resolution of March 10.
Albarracín explained that the security cameras in companies must have the purpose of preserving the security of companies, but "not to monitor or affect the privacy of employees."
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