On Tuesday 5 September, the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) described the ruling by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) as “a very important step” towards establishing appropriate conditions for monitoring communications from employees in the workplace. According to the ETUC this will help “to better protect worker’s privacy".
Esther Lynch, ETUC Confederal Secretary, explained in a press release that, “Although it does not prohibit monitoring it sets high thresholds...