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Generally speaking, in the US, any form of monitoring of employees is considered legal, so long as the employees are made aware of the fact through disclosure on-premises or within their employee manual or work policies documentation. There may be some states in which other laws have been passed limiting the employers general rights -- you should consult with an experienced employment law attorney in your jurisdiction to confirm whether or not this is a violation of the law of your state.

I’ll actually have to answer this the other way around:In Sweden, you can only be fired for the following reasons.A verifiable, demonstrable lack of work that you can usefully perform.Committing an actual crime against your employer, e.g., embezzling or demanding bribes from clients or something. Same goes for colleagues, of course, e.g. beating them up or sexually harassing them.Abuse of alcohol or drugs, if you refuse treatment, which the employer is required to help you with.Refusing to perform a task for which you are qualified. (Naturally, provided it’s legal, safe, and so on. And that you get at least your regular salary.)The blanket term “cooperation difficulties”, which is a very cumbersome process that would take about a year to complete and involves counselling for all involved parties, a long paper trail, and extensive talks with the trade union. You’d better only try it if you’re really fed up with that employee. And no, the employee cursing at you doesn’t count; “insubordination” isn’t a thing in Sweden, we don’t even have a word for it.“Penalised” isn’t really a thing, either. Some foreign companies (well, some US companies) have employee handbooks that state draconian penalties for trivial infractions of an employee manual, but they are never enforced, since the local management knows how much they’d be fined if they tried.The only disputes of that kind I’ve ever heard of are bus drivers and the like who refuse the uniform when they think it’s too hot, and are sometimes sent home without pay to change into their uniforms. It’s generally regarded that the employer has a right to have a dress code, just as anyone technically has the right to be a complete asshole. It’s just that few companies have; I’ve just spent three days at the HQ of Ericsson, and I know for a fact that they don’t have a dress code and you’ll find people with quite impressive titles walking the corridors in T-shirts and jeans. OK so it’s designer T-shirts and designer jeans, but still.