EIRObserver (Issue 5/03)

The comparative supplement in this issue of EIRObserver focuses on the situation across the EU (plus Norway) with regard to one specific issue raised by the growth of ICT at work - the relationship between internet/e-mail use at work and respect for workers’ privacy. It examines: the European and national legal framework on privacy at work, data protection, and workplace internet/e-mail use; guidelines and codes of conduct in this area; the views and activities of the social partners; and the extent to which collective bargaining deals with such topics. EIRObserver is the bi-monthly bulletin of the European Industrial Relations Observatory. It contains an edited selection of feature and news items, based on some of the reports supplied for the EIROnline database over each two-month period, in this case for July and August 2003. In addition to this, EIRO conducts comparative research on specific themes.