Cyber Stalking of Employee

Human Resources Manager

Wow, I just found out about this situation, and am a little bit at loss.

One of our administrative employees believes that she is receiving e-mails at work from a man who had been stalking her two years ago. She got a restraining order against him then, but it has long since expired. He is in Ohio; she is in St. Louis. The e-mails are things like e-cards sent through Yahoo and the like, so we can't track their origin, but she says he used the same MO in his previous stalking activity. The stalker is not our employee.

Is there anything we can do to help our employee, other than changing her e-mail address? Frankly, this whole situation creeps me out, and I want to help our employee to feel safe at work.

Any ideas you all might have would be greatly appreciated.

Nrdgrrl

Have you spoken to the tech guys at your company? I had problems with spam and they were able to block it at the firewall. If not, just change her email address by adding a _ to it or a . between first and last name. That will end all spam, and she can email those that need the new address.

NrdGrrl

Human Resources Manager

It was actually my IT person that brought it to my attention. The employee called IT to request a change to her e-mail. The whole story came out and IT wisely said that she needed to take the info to HR. I'm just wondering what else I can do the help the EE feel safe.

Cheryl S SPHR

You may want to turn any records or documentation over to law enforcement in case this does not take care of the problem. Some states have units that handle cyber crime.