Companies 'can sack workers for refusing to use fingerprint scanners'

Fair Work Commission rejects case by Queensland sawmill worker who said scanning system was a breach of his privacy

Businesses using fingerprint scanners to monitor their workforce can legally sack employees who refuse to hand over biometric information on privacy grounds, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.

The ruling, which will be appealed, was made in the case of Jeremy Lee, a Queensland sawmill worker who refused to comply with a new fingerprint scanning policy introduced at his work in Imbil, north of the Sunshine Coast, late last year.

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