Famed Paris modern art museum the Pompidou Centre said Wednesday it had filed a legal complaint and suspended an employee after a hidden camera was found in the women's toilets of its offices. A statement from the famed modern art space, which closed its doors last year for renovations, said an employee had discovered "an image-recording device" on January 14th in offices housing building management and security staff near its main site.
Employers are facing a new workplace hazard: AI notetakers that don't know when to stop listening. In some virtual meetings, employees drop off the call while an AI assistant stays behind, quietly documenting gossip or disparaging remarks made by remaining employees, then emailing the transcript to the full team. "Those issues create some of the most excruciating problems," says Joe Lazzarotti, an attorney at Jackson Lewis who is increasingly advising companies on AI notetaker mishaps.
"So, I work from home and my employer just started time tracking," Tim began in his video. "It takes screenshots every 10 minutes or so, tracks my mouse activity, keyboard activity, the URLs I visit, and what percentage of time I spend on doing whatever." Tim explained that despite his company's best efforts to monitor the work that he's doing and ensure that he's actually completing it on time, at the end of the day, none of that changes what he does.
I work in a very strictly run call center. Shift start and end times, breaks, and even when we're allowed to go to the restroom are all highly regulated. Since we handle credit card and other confidential information, we are not allowed to use cellphones on the floor. The other day while taking one of my bathroom breaks, I took out my phone and responded to a text message while "doing my business." When I returned to my station, a supervisor greeted me with a write-up in hand.
The tribunal heard she spent around one hour and 24 minutes over two days on personal browsing. But Employment Judge Michael Magee, sitting in Bury St Edmunds, concluded the activity was not "excessive" and did not justify dismissal. Judge Magee noted that Lanuszka's boss, Ms Krauze, also used her work computer for personal purposes and had provided no clear policy banning such use.
