Worker Fired For Disabling GPS App That Tracked Her 24 Hours a Day

An anonymous reader writes: Myrna Arias claims she was fired for refusing to run an app that would track her location even when she was off the clock. She is now suing Intermex Wire Transfer LLC in a Kern County Superior Court. Her claim reads in part: "After researching the app and speaking with a trainer from Xora, Plaintiff and her co-workers asked whether Intermex would be monitoring their movements while off duty. Stubits admitted that employees would be monitored while off duty and bragged that he knew how fast she was driving at specific moments ever since she installed the app on her phone. Plaintiff expressed that she had no problem with the app's GPS function during work hours, but she objected to the monitoring of her location during non-work hours and complained to Stubits that this was an invasion of her privacy. She likened the app to a prisoner's ankle bracelet and informed Stubits that his actions were illegal. Stubits replied that she should tolerate the illegal intrusion...."

Comments

Re:It was an app on a WORK-Issued Phone!

[The Rizz]

There are certain off-work things that an employer should know about - witness the guy who intentionally flew the airliner into the mountain and killed all on board

Oh, absolutely. If one of my employees intentionally flies a plane into a mountain, killing himself and everyone on board, I'll be firing him the very next day.

Re:Privacy?

[penguinoid]

In my lifetime the number of incarcerated Americans has risen about 300%.

I KNEW this was someone's fault!