The interests of employees and employers need to be balanced in the use of video surveillance in the workplace.
Employers use video surveillance to protect property, staff and business interests.
Video surveillance is one of several monitoring and surveillance technologies used in modern workplaces. Employees are concerned that the use of video surveillance raises issues of privacy, dignity, working conditions, discrimination, and control over employees. The Inquiry examined the use of video surveillance in employers' work premises and locations associated with workplaces, including lifts, car parks, lobby areas, and employee recreation rooms. This is a result of lower costs, increased technical capacities, competitive pressures on business, increased security risks and the natural tendency for surveillance systems to expand over time. Compared to other industrialised nations, Australia appears to spend substantially more money per capita on video surveillance equipment.