Employee Privacy Rights in the Workplace
The issue of privacy is a big concern in the workplace. With the expanding of new technology, many employees are concerned that their privacy rights are not being protected. Laws that allow employees to monitor employees, many feel are a violation of their privacy rights and are felt to be unconstitutional.
Employees have the right to got to work knowing that his or her employer will not invade their privacy. They have the right to go to work knowing that there will not be someone over their shoulder watching their every move.
The rights to privacy in the workplace only offers limited protection for workers against monitoring and breach of confidentiality. Many feel that there should be clearly defined laws to guarantee protection against invasion of privacy.
The protection offered by the Electronic Communication Privacy Act of 1986 has been reduced due to the statue being outdated. Rights that employees once had protected are......
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