Spain court orders H&M to stop worker bag and locker checks
Investing.com -- Spain’s High Court ruled on Monday that H&M (ST:HMB) must stop conducting daily bag inspections of workers on the last shift and end monthly random locker searches at its stores in the country. The court determined that these security measures violated employee privacy rights.
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Investing.com -- Spain’s High Court ruled on Monday that H&M (ST:HMB) must stop conducting daily bag inspections of workers on the last shift and end monthly random locker searches at its stores in the country. The court determined that these security measures violated employee privacy rights. Trade unions UGT and CCOO filed the lawsuit that led to the ruling. H&M could not prove that losses from employee theft justified the invasive security controls, according to the court’s decision.
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- Investing.com -- Spain’s High Court ruled on Monday that H&M (ST:HMB) must stop conducting daily bag inspections of workers on the last shift and end monthly random locker searches at its stores in the country. The court determined that these security measures violated employee privacy rights.
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