Monitoring of employees

Monitoring of employees Abstract The theme of this diploma thesis is, as the title suggests, the monitoring of employees. With the continuous development and progress of technologies and their increasing availability, the privacy of citizens is becoming increasingly more endangered. Even more concerning is the privacy of employees in the workplace, where an employer has inexhaustible possibilities to monitor activity at work - and sometimes outside of the workplace as well. On the other hand, the intention of the employer to protect its assets and the financial means invested in the operation of its business is appreciable and in some ways necessary to align with the employer's obligations to their shareholders. Therefore, the chosen subject brings to the surface the conflict of two equal rights, as the right to protection of privacy collides with the right of protection of property. For this reason, the whole thesis takes into account both the labour law regulations and the regulations on the protection of personal data - since personal data of employees can be threatened by monitoring. With regard to the fact, that Regulation (EU) 2016/679 comes into effect soon, it is briefly mentioned in the relevant parts, especially when assessing whether it will impact the legal interpretation in the future or not...