If your webmail is blocked in office ...

jampton

Lakeuk wrote: »

If you use gmail plus like my company has access blocked (quite rightly) to webmail sites then there is a way to see the sender and subject of your gmail account using Gmails RSS feed option.

Get your RSS feed link from gmail and add it to your Personal google homepage (http://www.google.com/ig)

Top tip - and no breach on internet policy to keep blisteringblue's heart rate down ?

blisteringblue

Heart is fine Just giving my observations that it's not worth risking your job going against company policy just so you can read webmail at work. Just wait till you get home.

Also re constructive dismisal if a user is told before they start using the internet that everything is logged and records will be used in any disciplinary procedings then they haven't got a case I'm afraid. But yes, I said it would start the proceding for DP, which is verbal warning, written warning etc etc

mcfisco

blisteringblue wrote: »

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Also re constructive dismisal if a user is told before they start using the internet that everything is logged and records will be used in any disciplinary procedings then they haven't got a case I'm afraid.

If the alleged email/internet abuse took place & the company did nothing about it until they such time as they had other problems with the employee - I'm afraid the employee would & could argue that the practice was condoned - regardless of signing anything.
The company also needs to make sure that such policies are fair are continuously enforced throughout the entire workforce - not just against selected employees when & where they see fit or again, they could well be found against in a tribunal.

So in your example of digging out the logs when they want to get rid of somebody would indeed give the employee a strong case to take to a tribunal.