dangermouse
28-03-2008, 11:53 PM
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7316169.stm
Lidl denies spying on its staff
http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/44517000/jpg/_44517935_lidl203.jpg
Lidl has denied any wrongdoing
German supermarket group Lidl has denied that it spied on its staff, but has admitted that it placed secret cameras in its stores.
The company, which also confirmed it had employed private detectives, insisted that it carried out the measures simply to combat shoplifting.
Lidl was responding to a press report that it spied on thousands of its staff across Germany and the Czech Republic.
The article said Lidl recorded how often staff went to the toilet.
Featured in German magazine Stern, the article said that the company even monitored certain employees' love lives.
Inquiry
Lidl said in a statement that it was "shocked" by the accusations.
It added that it had already stopped employing private detectives and now only used visible security cameras.
The facts of the case must be cleared up
Government spokesman
"In particular, the accusation that we 'spied' on our co-workers in no way corresponds with our guiding principles and the fair way we treat our co-workers," said Lidl's head of human resources, Juergen Kisseberth.
Despite Lidl's denial, the matter is now being investigated by authorities in the southern German state of Baden-Wuerttemberg, where Lidl has its headquarters.
"The facts of the case must be cleared up," said a government spokesman.
'Totalitarian' measures
Shop workers unions have reacted angrily to the accusations.
"These are measures I, for example, have only ever seen in totalitarian states," said Achim Neumann from the Verdi union.
"The way people's dignity has been trampled on is unparalleled in our society."
Lidl has 2,700 stores across Germany, in addition to outlets in almost every other European country.
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I will post the official response from lidl to staff members. I forgot to get it tonight because I was busy and had to deal with an irritating customer.
Lidl have a what they call "Mystery Shoppers" who will come into the shop in plain clothes and try to hide goods to catch out cashiers. Cashiers can then be given an official warning. The District managers will spy on the staff at work on the cctv cameras. I as a supervisor am supposed to spy on customers, staff and delivery men, search staff lockers etc.
I will post the checklists I am supposed to fill in ( of course i just make shit up lol :D)
Lidl denies spying on its staff
http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/44517000/jpg/_44517935_lidl203.jpg
Lidl has denied any wrongdoing
German supermarket group Lidl has denied that it spied on its staff, but has admitted that it placed secret cameras in its stores.
The company, which also confirmed it had employed private detectives, insisted that it carried out the measures simply to combat shoplifting.
Lidl was responding to a press report that it spied on thousands of its staff across Germany and the Czech Republic.
The article said Lidl recorded how often staff went to the toilet.
Featured in German magazine Stern, the article said that the company even monitored certain employees' love lives.
Inquiry
Lidl said in a statement that it was "shocked" by the accusations.
It added that it had already stopped employing private detectives and now only used visible security cameras.
The facts of the case must be cleared up
Government spokesman
"In particular, the accusation that we 'spied' on our co-workers in no way corresponds with our guiding principles and the fair way we treat our co-workers," said Lidl's head of human resources, Juergen Kisseberth.
Despite Lidl's denial, the matter is now being investigated by authorities in the southern German state of Baden-Wuerttemberg, where Lidl has its headquarters.
"The facts of the case must be cleared up," said a government spokesman.
'Totalitarian' measures
Shop workers unions have reacted angrily to the accusations.
"These are measures I, for example, have only ever seen in totalitarian states," said Achim Neumann from the Verdi union.
"The way people's dignity has been trampled on is unparalleled in our society."
Lidl has 2,700 stores across Germany, in addition to outlets in almost every other European country.
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I will post the official response from lidl to staff members. I forgot to get it tonight because I was busy and had to deal with an irritating customer.
Lidl have a what they call "Mystery Shoppers" who will come into the shop in plain clothes and try to hide goods to catch out cashiers. Cashiers can then be given an official warning. The District managers will spy on the staff at work on the cctv cameras. I as a supervisor am supposed to spy on customers, staff and delivery men, search staff lockers etc.
I will post the checklists I am supposed to fill in ( of course i just make shit up lol :D)