Ogletree Deakins: California Law is Not Violated by Continuous Video Surveillance of Truck Drivers | Practical Law

Ogletree Deakins: California Law is Not Violated by Continuous Video Surveillance of Truck Drivers | Practical Law

This Law Firm Publication by Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C. discusses a recently issued published opinion in which California Attorney General Kamala Harris held that continuous video surveillance of truck drivers does not constitute a misdemeanor under California Labor Code Section 1051 if the third party who tapes and inspects the video file is an agent of the driver's employer, does so solely for the benefit of the driver's employer and hands over the video file only to the driver's employer. The opinion was requested by California Senator Jerry Hill.

Ogletree Deakins: California Law is Not Violated by Continuous Video Surveillance of Truck Drivers

by Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
Published on 28 Mar 2014California, United States
This Law Firm Publication by Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C. discusses a recently issued published opinion in which California Attorney General Kamala Harris held that continuous video surveillance of truck drivers does not constitute a misdemeanor under California Labor Code Section 1051 if the third party who tapes and inspects the video file is an agent of the driver's employer, does so solely for the benefit of the driver's employer and hands over the video file only to the driver's employer. The opinion was requested by California Senator Jerry Hill.