Can i record a conversation between myself and HR?
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Can i record a conversation between myself and HR?
I have repeatedly asked to communicate with HR via email. I have a disability that makes it difficult to process new information quickly, which I have explained. My requests have been ignored and I am being forced to have a conversation via phone. I would like to record the conversation. Must I disclose that I am doing so?
Asked on May 12, 2017 under Employment Labor Law, Colorado
Answers:
M.D., Member, California and New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 6 years ago | Contributor
CO is a "1 party consent state". This means that so long as 1 party to the conversation being recorded consents to the recording, it is legal (i.e. not all parties need consent). However, recording a call to another state may be different, depending on that state's laws. Accordingly, even though you may legally be allowed to record the conversation that you are going without the other party's permission, if it somes to their attention that you did so without informing them, they may frown upon such an action and you could risk termination.
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 6 years ago | Contributor
No, you do not have to disclose that you are recording so long as you and they both are in Colorado. CO is a "one-party consent" state: that means that recording a conversation is legal so long as one party (or person) in the conversation consents or agrees to it. If you are recording a conversation in which you are participating, then clearly you consent to the recording; therefore, one party to the conversation is consenting to it.
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