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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I guess this is why so many employers now have that disclaimer boilerplate at the bottom of all their emails... Only to be seen by the intended recipient, etc. [/quote]

Which is pretty much useless in a legal setting.  We had a Payroll intern accidentally forward everyone's pay information to one department.  Of course, once someone realized what it was, they told all their co-workers to quickly open the email before a senior up person realized the mistake and came around to make everyone delete it.  Within minutes it was forwarded to people in other departments until finally someone who'd been with the company 14 years saw they were making less than a few people who'd been there for 1-2 years and stormed into the HR head's office.  It was a mess and crazy tense at the office for weeks afterwards.  People wanted the intern fired; the intern countered with wanting those who read and forwarded the email fired for not respecting the email disclaimer.  Legal came in to calm everyone down and we were told that email disclaimer means nothing.        [/quote]

Wow, I wish one of our payroll folks would make that kind of mistake!  I would love to see how the pay stacks up in my org.  [/quote]

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