Apple has denied allegations of spying over the personal devices of workers and also silencing them from sharing their work experiences online.
In a statement provided by a spokesperson, the company described the lawsuit accusations to lack credibility as Apple workers were trained annually on their rights to discuss their working conditions.
“At Apple, we’re focused on creating the best products and services in the world and we work to protect the inventions our teams create for customers,” the statement read.
The statement was made following the complaint filed in California state court by Amar Bhakta who works in digital advertising for Apple with the claim that Apple requires workers to install a software on their personal devices which monitors their email, photo libraries, health and other personal information.
In the same vein, the lawsuit alleges Apple of imposing confidentiality policies on their workers.
The policies prohibits them from disclosing their working conditions online or to the media.
Bhakta, who has worked with Apple since 2020 noted that workers were barred from disclosing their work information on their LinkedIn profile.
“Apple’s surveillance policies and practices chill, and thus also unlawfully restrain, employee whistleblowing, competition, freedom of employee movement in the job market, and freedom of speech,” the lawsuit said.
Similarly, two women were reported to have filed a lawsuit in June accusing Apple of staff underpayment in its engineering, marketing and AppleCare divisions respectively.
Also, three other complaints were also issued from U.S. labour board that revealed that the company has illegally deterred workers from discussing sex bias and pay discrimination related issues on social media and workplace messaging app, Slack.
However, Apple denied all allegations made.
