Is an anonymous survey rating an employee legal?
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Is an anonymous survey rating an employee legal?
I am the owner of a home health agency and I have had several employees to come to me with complaints about an RN/Attorney I hired to be their leader 9 months ago. Reports have been that she is demeaning, has yelled at them, does not listen to their suggestions, etc. On the flip side, she does an excellent job at what I have requested from her and I do not wish to get rid of her. I have composed an employee survey with 10 questions that will reflect each employees’ opinion of her management style. The results will be reviewed by Survey Monkey and even I, as an owner, will not know who the responses come from when we receive the results back. Is this legal? Can I send out a survey that has questions that are directly specifically at her?
Asked on October 14, 2015 under Employment Labor Law, Louisiana
Answers:
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 8 years ago | Contributor
Yes, an anonymous survey rating an employee is legal. For that matter, a nonanymous survey of employees about a fellow employee or supervisor would be legal, as would be asking the employees about her face to face. There is no law against surveying some employees about another, or otherwise asking some employees about another.
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