Employee Address Lists
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Is it permissible for an employer to distribute copies of a list of home addresses of their employees to other employees of the company if each has been individually consulted and given their consent for such distribution, with the understanding that if any employee objects to the disclosure of their home address information to any other employee, their privacy will be honored and their name will not be a part of the list that is distributed? - Paul
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As an example of where a list may end up, I made an error awhile back that could have been much worse than it was. The wife of one of our supervisors called to get the phone of a friend who worked with us. The wife was our employee in the past and I have known her and the supervisor for about 20 years so there was a level of trust on my part. Her reason for the request was to invite this friend to a party and she didn't have the home phone number. Well... come to find out the supervisor and this "friend" were having an affair and wife wanted to confront her. Oops. I'll never do that again.
>home addresses of their employees to other employees of the company if
>each has been individually consulted and given their consent for such
>distribution, with the understanding that if any employee objects to
>the disclosure of their home address information to any other
>employee, their privacy will be honored and their name will not be a
>part of the list that is distributed? - Paul
Why do you need such a list? I would say it is appropriate only if it is necessary to the operation of your organization. A friend of mine works at a high school and they do distribute an employee directory with personal information (phone, address, spouse names) to all of the staff. Not sure what they use it for though since they get a separate list for school closings with phone numbers. I guess it could be useful in initiating car pools?
April
A co. wide list with addresses and phone numbers was periodically distributed to all employees (up until recently) and to give an example of what can happen.......I actually received a birthday card in the mail - at my home - from a previous employee!!! Imagine my shock, anger and dismay!!!!