Making workers turn their cameras on during Zoom or Teams calls could potentially be discrimination, an employment expert says.An employment tribunal in the United Kingdom has recently ruled that not letting a worker with anxiety turn off their camera during a meeting was a type of disability discrimination.Barrister and employment expert Barbara Buckett told Checkpoint forcing employees to have their cameras on in meetings did present a lot of issues."As for this person it was overwhelming, the question is 'camera's on rights off'."Buckett said employers needed to think about why they were making the request and if someone didn't feel comfortable with it, was it reasonable for them to ask.In some cases, Buckett could see an argument for having cameras on in a meeting - including client meetings and team engagement - but it shouldn't simply be a blanket policy."People might not want an intrusion into their private space at home."Buckett said she thought digital mediums like Zoom, Teams and Slack were causing concerns for workers as people often did feel less comfortable on them."They're quite intrusive and people feel like they're on screen and they do feel it's more invasive."She said there were all sorts of reasons why someone may not be comfortable including cultural reasons, personal ones or even their living conditions."I remember in Covid times we were in people's bedrooms....I found that quite odd."You can perfectly have constructive engagement without that camera on."Another issue with video meetings was recording, Buckett said, and urged anyone to announce if a meeting was being recorded."There has to be a legitimate reason for recording it. When you've got Teams for example, the person who has the invite, controls the availability to record it whereas on the other side you're a bit sort of out in the cold."