Re: Employer opening mail

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I thought that it was illegal!
I have a manager who opens my business mail and any "thank you" letters,
etc. from customers and disposes of them regularly. He also disposes of
invitations from customers, newsletters, etc even though they are important
to my position to receive them. I have even asked him (as have the owners)
to not open my mail!

Are you sure that it is not illegal????

Thanks in advance!

On 3/25/05, Matthew wrote:
> On 2/16/05, Carol wrote:
>> On 2/09/05, sharwinston wrote:
>>> No!
>>> Your employer can open any mail addressed to you if it comes to your
>>> employer's place of business -- no matter whose name is on it.
>>> You have no right to have your personal mail received at your place of
>>> employment.
>>>
>>> My$0.02: I can't imagine why you would have your personal mail come to
>>> your place of business anyway. Get a post office box. The cost is
>>> minimal.
>>>
>>> On 2/01/05, Carol wrote:
>>>> And is it against the law for an employer to open mail that is
>>>> addressed by name to an employee?
>> Thank you for your response. I wasn't, however, talking about PERSONAL
>> mail. I was talking about work mail that's addressed specifically to me.
>
> This is strange. My current employer opens all mail sent to our place of
> business, regardless of whom it is addressed to, or who it is from. I
> find this practice highly unusual since my former employer (a massive oil
> corporation) made a big to-do about managers NOT opening ANY mail that was
> addressed to one of their employees. This policy was stricly enforced, no
> matter how 'junkie' the piece of mail may appear to be. I thought that it
> was a postal felony to open any piece of mail addressed to a specific
> individual. I'm interested in learning more about this. THANX