Cell Phone GPS Data Gets Man Fired

The New York Department of Education plans to use data from a department-issued GPS cell phone to prove they were right to fire construction foreman John Halpin. They say the phone proves he slacked at home while getting paid for work.

"Managers tracked his whereabouts using the GPS receiver in his company-issued cell phone, and now they're using that data to prove that he was lounging at home when he should have been watching people build stuff.

Records show multiple occasions where Halpin left his job well before his shift had ended. In fact, he's been flagged for up to 83 early exits in a five-month period."

[Yahoo! Tech via The Raw Feed]

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