Comments on: Is it legal to record conversations at work if your boss is harrassing you?

By: cyanne2ak

cyanne2ak — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 00:09:21 +0000

Nope, it sure isn’t legal in California. BUT, you can refuse to speak to your boss without a witness. Also, you CAN insist that he put every communication with you in writing. You can also start your own paper trail. Send him a memo of EACH CONVERSATION that you have with him. “Just to confirm our conversation…. if this isn’t correct please contact me in writing.” Also, start looking for another job.

By: Tom K

Tom K — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 11:45:05 +0000

I like New York. Any party to a conversation, whether telephone, radio, internet voice, in person or whatever, may record it without the permission of any other of the involved parties.

By the way, if you are a party to a conversation, then you are NOT intercepting it or eavesdropping on it.

By: Paladin

Paladin — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 22:34:35 +0000

Talk to a lawyer first, but if all you are recording is proof of the harassment, I seriously doubt that neither a judge or a prosecutor would hold it against you

By: schazjmd

schazjmd — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 21:13:18 +0000

“Cal. Penal Code §§ 631, 632: It is a crime in California to intercept or eavesdrop upon any confidential communication, including a telephone call or wire communication, without the consent of all parties. Eavesdropping upon or recording a conversation, whether by telephone (including cordless or cellular telephone) or in person, that a person would reasonably expect to be confined to the parties present, carries the same penalty as intercepting telephone or wire communications.”

You just have to deal with it — hope for a witness!