Mandatory for employees to download app

 · While employers may encourage their employees to download or use the app, they must not direct (or otherwise require) employees (or any other person) to Author: Aaron Dearden. Answer (1 of 3): I wouldn’t do it without a written agreement that if anything happened to your phone (whether you could trace it to that app or not), they’d buy you the then-current version of your phone and not require you to load the app. And allow you company time to redo the new phone so tha.  · The Financial Times reported Wednesday that India had made it mandatory for government employees to download and use a contact-tracing app. The government released an app called Bridge to Health.

Organisations must be careful when directing staff to download the COVIDSafe app. The Australian government's strong advocacy for the use of its new tracking app 'COVIDSafe' has presented a new COVID issue for employers. COVIDSafe is being promoted as a way to keep 'yourself and your community safe'. Given the workplace safety risk. Answer (1 of 3): I wouldn't do it without a written agreement that if anything happened to your phone (whether you could trace it to that app or not), they'd buy you the then-current version of your phone and not require you to load the app. And allow you company time to redo the new phone so tha. Either way, find out if the app can be turned off and teach employees how to do it. If the app can't be turned off and the company is stuck with the software, at least for now, then make sure that your employees know what the app does, what data gets collected, whether you are storing it, and how it may be used.

Adding such an app. contributes to a safer work environment at zero cost to you. So, yes, the employer can ask you to download such an app and if you are so petty to say “no” or request a new company phone so that you can use two-factor authentication, maybe it is time to try to find a new job. While employers may encourage their employees to download or use the app, they must not direct (or otherwise require) employees (or any other person) to do so. [1] Biosecurity (Human Biosecurity Emergency) (Human Coronavirus with Pandemic Potential) (Emergency Requirements - Public Health Contact Information) Determination While employers may encourage their employees to download or use the app, they must not direct (or otherwise require) employees (or any other person) to do so.