Chetu said the employee was required to attend a virtual classroom, which involved leaving their webcam turned on all day and having their screen remotely monitored. The.
A hot potato: A US company headquartered in Florida must pay a Netherlands-based remote worker thousands of dollars after it fired him for refusing to keep his webcam activated all day. The Dutch court that ruled in the employee’s favor has suggested this sort of surveillance violates human rights.
Chetu said the employee was required to attend a virtual classroom, which involved leaving their webcam turned on all day and having their screen remotely monitored. The unnamed person said being monitored for “9 hours per day” was an invasion of his privacy and made him feel uncomfortable, so he refused to turn the camera on.
Software development company Chetu promptly fired the employee over his “refusal to work” and “insubordination.
