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Woman fired for uninstalling app on company phone that tracked her 24 hrs a day

Monday, May 18, 2015 7:25
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‘A California woman has sued her former employer, which fired her shortly after she disabled a GPS tracking feature on her company iPhone. The app was used to monitor employees even on their personal time, the lawsuit alleged.

Myrna Arias has claimed that her boss, John Stubits, at money transfer service Intermex in Bakersfield boasted about monitoring employees’ locations while they were not on the job, according to the lawsuit filed in Kern County Superior Court.

Arias, a sales executive for the company, said she was “scolded” and subsequently fired — even though she “met all quotas during her time with Intermex — after she uninstalled Xora, a mandatory job-management app that was applied to company phones.’

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  • Not liking to to paint everyone with a broad brush, in this case I think it’s safe to say the corporation is NOT our friend. Since those are the only jobs left (mostly), most people who have jobs are working for corporations. We have some desicions to make. Give the issue your time and attention, but, the sooner the better for ALL of us.

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