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Supervisors use baby monitor to spy on employees

CEDAR RAPIDS, IA (CNN) – Some employees at a medical clinic in Iowa claimed a supervisor used a baby monitor to eavesdrop on them.

According to a labor representative for the University of Iowa medical clinic employees, workers found the monitor sitting on a shelf near the reception area.

The employees think the monitor was placed there to pick up the conversations of five secretaries and clerical workers.

“If that monitor was there for even one day, that’s the potential for 100 HIPPA violations if that thing was being monitored the whole time, and that’s pretty egregious,” said union rep Jon Stellmach.

Managers of the office say the monitor was used to see if staff members were talking too much.

The supervisors say the monitor was removed after workers complained, and University of Iowa officials say the case is being handled by the human resources department.