Employment Law Alliance Poll Finds 24 Pct. Involved in Sexually- Explicit Computing From Workplace

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SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 10 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Nearly one-quarter of Americans recently polled said they or their co-workers use workplace computers to engage in sexually explicit online activity ranging from visiting X-rated websites to participating in steamy chat rooms, the latest "America at Work" national survey by the Employment Law Alliance (ELA) reported today. The national survey also found a significant number of employers are now banning romantic relationships between supervisors and subordinates. Stephen J. Hirschfeld, Esq., founder and CEO of ELA and a partner in the California-based firm of Curiale, Dellaverson, Hirschfeld, Kraemer & Sloan, said the latest findings are important because the poll is among the first to gauge the extent to which employees are using company computers for not just personal but romantic purposes. "Every American workplace has a story to tell about the casual use of company computers for personal purposes, and many of those stories reflect fairly benign behavior such as online shopping," said Hirschfeld. "But now we get a clear and compelling insight into the significant use of workplace computers for more explicit sexual purposes well beyond online dating. As Valentine's Day nears, we are likely to see increased diligence on the part of employers seeking to ban the use of company computers for X-rated activities."

Hirschfeld, whose organization of specialists represents the largest employment law network in the world, summarized the results of the national survey of 826 employees who have workplace internet access. Key findings included:

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Employment Law Alliance Poll Finds 24 Pct. Involved in Sexually- Explicit Computing From Workplace

-- 24 percent said they were somehow involved in the use of a company computer for sexual/romantic purposes

-- 12 percent said they or a co-worker has accessed sex...

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