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2017/20 Data gathered by GPS as a basis for disciplinary dismissal (PT)

Keywords Privacy
Authors Maria de Lancastre Valente en Mariana Azevedo Mendes
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Maria de Lancastre Valente

Mariana Azevedo Mendes
Maria de Lancastre Valente and Mariana Azevedo Mendes are respectively a Managing Associate and a Trainee Associate at SRS Advogados, Portugal; www.srslegal.pt.
  • Abstract

      Distance-related data gathered by GPS and data reported manually by the employee (a sales representative at a pharmaceutical company) are valid and admissible sources of evidence in the context of a disciplinary dismissal procedure. This decision is innovative in that it contradicts the usual view of the Supreme Court of Justice on the scope of ‘distance-controlled supervision’ for the purposes of assessment of employee conduct.

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