Serious Question (employee, job, companies, claim)

[AADAD]

If a manager takes inappropriate pictures of employees while working using an in place company camera system and texts it to the employee suggesting further contact (sexual) obviously it's harassment. But is it a crime?

Thanks for the responses

[bobsell]

What state are you in?

What city are you in?

[AADAD]

This issue came up in California

[bobsell]

When you say "inappropriate pictures" does this mean "recording people as they're changing in the locker room"?

[AADAD]

unclear at this time.

[bobsell]

From what I am reading such Sexual Harassment is primarily a civil issue, and an attorney needs to be contacted ASAP.

If this turns into a sexual attack of some kind, then we got a crime.

https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/f...4.&lawCode=PEN

[AADAD]

I think your'e right.

[bobsell]

Of course, remember the standard disclaimer: IANAL.

You need to speak to an attorney about this and at warp speed before things get worse.

In the meantime, document, document, document.

Keep all evidence away from company servers.

In addition tell your friend to immediately conduct a stealth job search. This means don't tell anyone else she's looking for work, and tell recruiters not to contact her current employer.

[AADAD]

Thanks for these suggestions.

[Hemlock140]

There are "peeping tom" laws in most states, but to be a crime requires two things, that a person be photographed without their knowledge and that they be partially or fully naked. A corporate camera system that's always in place eliminates the first part, and while it may be inappropriate, the employee is not likely to be without clothes at work. When it comes to sexual harassment, the victim in this case has hard evidence with the text, and should report it to HR. In most companies that manager would be fired immediately, because the employee can in fact win a lawsuit if the company fails to deal with sexual harassment.