The use of cameras for discipline would have to be bargained for as a condition of employment.
I don't suggest covering up parts of cameras any more than I liked to see drivers fill the diad microphone hole with wax, wet paper jammed into it, or tape over it.
It's impossible for the company to use the info derived from those electronics against the driver so who cares what they do.
Punch in lunch and moan in the back of the truck every day for a week as you eat lunch. Maybe the fish will bite.
Otherwise, don't worry about it.
Somewhat true. Maybe.
I have seen RECORDING cameras put right in the middle of a ventilating fan hub at a dock door. So, why are they there? Intertainment?
While you say "impossible" to use against an employee, they can and are used to start a chain of events against said employee. I won't go into loss prevention stuff.
Now, who exactly puts those cameras there or who is privy to such can be pretty narrow. Even eliminating a PE mechanic from doing the instillation.
Btw, this fan camera was shown to me by a loader.
Btw, in cab cameras are widely used in Europe.
So, one wonders if a driver was followed by sups and recorded, would this footage be used at say a local hearing behind closed doors between a local and the company? Dash cams could be employed for/by the employee(this happens ALL the time) in the same manner.
I realize I don't have any credibility and am truly grasping at "anything"...but this stuff goes on all day long at UPS.