With a computer on most desk tops the British workforce can now communicate and organise itself more efficiently than ever before. But networked computers also provide new ways for employees to breach the terms of their contracts of employment or break the law.
Abuse of computer resources
Businesses must develop and enforce an effective email/internet monitoring and security policy, and simple timewasting is the least of their problems. There have been cases of employees storing illegal porn on office computer systems, instances of sexual or racial harassment via e-mail and countless defamatory statements on websites or in e-mails, all of which could put the business itself on the wrong side of the law.
