Employment Lawyer JP Talks About Recording Laws

[@UFRooster]

So I live/work in Florida. My supervisor is either in North Carolina or Georgia (Both single party). How do I prove I am in Florida during a call if they choose to record me without my consent?

[@ramonfundora6815]

what if the media receives an anonymous recording like in the movies?

[@itsalwaysrainingwhereistay]

What should I do if someone secretly recorded me and sent the recording to my boss without my consent? I was written up for calling out their prejudice when they were being discriminatory. After being repeatedly cornered and denied my accommodations, I recorded my supervisors secretly. How are they able to use an illegal recording on me but not the other way around? By the way I was fired shortly after asking for accommodations and a false claim made against me. Located in South Florida

[@Erik_The_Viking]

California is also a dual-consent state. Many people forget about recording laws and how it can go against you.

[@carolmosher7745]

There are states that are one party consent states, and in that situation recording can be very strong evidence.

[@jep23452]

Yes, that's why I said that this is based on Florida. But people need to be REALLY careful thinking they know the law, are in a 1-party state, and can just hit record. Way too complicated these days given remote work etc.

[@RakishaKing-b2s]

I live in Georgia. But I still asked for their permission. It didn't matter they still told in themselves. They lied to the EEOC and gave them a false reason for my termination. They now can't change the reasoning. This recording prove pretext. They terminated me one day after receiving my EEOC charge

[@Deneteus]

Do not listen to this dude. Record everything. Recordings can prevent you from being gaslit and setup. You don't have to tell them you recorded anything. Save it for when your words alone cannot help you. People pay for assistance like this that believe it's only about the court. Any evidence is better than no evidence. I've used recordings to stop a CEO from gaslighting an entire department by giving them projects that she knew would never be funded. The CEO had already been told by the owner and his partner that controlled the accounting that nothing would ever happen. She used to sales team against the marketing team to try and withhold bonus money and she stole sale team members payouts and delayed them by an entire month in some cases. You can qualify for whistleblower status in some cases. The NLRB takes recordings at the federal level. It's not just about state law. It will hurt your case if you use the video or audio wrong but it can help you when the media gets ahold of it. It can help you when you are being setup. Sometimes the only way to survive is to do things that the corporate slavery establishment disapproves of. If you die because of something they do then video and audio can definitely work in your favor. If employment lawyers were allowed to attend every meeting then you wouldn't be in the situation to begin with. Ethics has been thrown out the window when it comes to corporate psychology. They will throw you into situations like asking you to work on projects that they know you should even be doing for zero pay and if you have zero evidence for reference then you are a sitting duck when you attempt to clear the record. Write everything down, keep notes, transcribe the audio. Never tell them you have recordings unless you are in a single-party consent state or you obtain some kind of exemption from the feds or local government. Don't go out like a sucka. Also never tell the NLRB that you spoke with any lawyers. They will abandon their lawsuit and attempt to settle in November any time its close to their numbers of open cases counting against them at the end of the year. The EEOC will also backdate documents and mess your case up by working with your employer in these situations. They leak info to employers and sabotage cases without blinking. They let that same CEO hide in Canada for a year to prevent a deposition.

[@jep23452]

@@Deneteus I say record if you are 100% certain that both sides are in a 1-party consent state. Otherwise, I’ve seen too many cases where the company / defendant tries to use an unlawful recording to threaten criminal charges and leverage that- to reduce the value of the case. You can document and prove your case without needing to record phone calls. Also, people who have recorded calls are often clueless about what is evidence and what is irrelevant.