User talk:Tugas

Employers are given powers to check your emails

"Employers would be able to read their staff's emails under proposed new national security laws being considered by the Federal Government. The new laws would give companies extra powers to monitor their computer networks to prevent cyber-attacks. They would be allowed to check their staff's emails and internet communications without their consent." (ABC News Online, 2008)

Do you agree or disagree with this proposal?

What kind of email needs to be retained?

In my workplace one of my jobs as a records officer is to make sure that every single email received via company’s email address is printed out and the hard copy is put into individual relevant document. What really annoys me is that there is a staff who likes to send unnecessary short emails to clients. This kind of ‘informal’ communication between this staff and clients becomes long and unclear whether the contents of the emails are important and worth recording. However, because this staff use company’s email address, I have to treat them as company’s records. Thus, I printed out those ‘unnecessary’ emails and put them into relevant documents. Sometimes this makes me frustrating as I spend so much time recording and filing those 'rubbish' emails.

In my opinion, organization needs to have a guideline for staff on creating emails. Emails created and sent via company's email address should be made as formal as hard copy letter. However, because it’s easy to send anything via email, staff often create unnecessary communication via emails. Since those communication sent via company email address, I have to treat them as company’s business records.

Any comment?