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Government

Jan. 26, 2011

Workers Say Bosses Videotaped Them

A federal judge on Monday warned county lawyers to expect serious liability in a case over video surveillance of employees, including one female worker managers allegedly hoped to catch having sex on the job.


By Gabe Friedman


Daily Journal Staff Writer


LOS ANGELES - A federal judge on Monday warned lawyers for Los Angeles County to expect serious liability in a case heading to trial over secret video surveillance of 10 county employees, including a worker whom supervisors hoped to catch engaging in sexual activity.


A top-level manager at the county's Department of Public Works directed staff in October 2008 to gather surveillance of a female em...

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