Blimey the french subsidiary of IKEA have been fined 800 grand
and a suspended sentence for there french ceo
for surveillance and spying on there work force
France / illegal practices / skullduggery
no real surprise tbh
It couldn't have happened in UK.
Because spying on the workforce is not illegal in UK.
Anyway, the police would have turned a blind eye, or used the tired old phrase: 'it's a civil matter'.
Then they would also, probably protect their own, if there had been any collusion between serving officers and the employer.
But being factual, spying conveys the wrong impression.
Spying conveys the impression of the use of CCTV, whereas it was actually investigations, sometimes by fraudulent means, on the background (financial and criminal) of staff and prospective employees, and current customers.
This may have been illegal in UK if the issue related to spent criminal convictions, and the police had disclosed information which they should not have. But if the police had disclosed information which they shouldn't, they would protect their own.
In reality, some legal screening of employees and potential employees is a requirement and is written into law in UK.
The protection of employees is far higher in France than it is in UK.
On the 'spying' on customers, it is something that happens everyday in UK, when you use your 'store card'.
I don't how the actions or behaviour is affected by the legislation of Sweden, or whether the behaviour was modelled on the legislation in Sweden.
