INTRODUCTION
As society progresses further into the 21st Century, more employees are using electronic communications in their everyday jobs. Employees assume they have privacy protection in the workplace, although many do not. Privacy is not explicitly covered in the United States Constitution. Employee privacy is not only an issue with email. Many employers are beginning to monitor their employee's work habits, to include phone calls, web sites they visit, and even how long they take going to the bathroom.
There is a constant struggle between employers and employees over the balance of workplace monitoring. Employers want to make sure productivity is as high as it can be, while employees want to make sure they have some rights to privacy. The boundaries of this struggle are ever evolving and expanding. The single important question is: Should employers be allowed to monitor their employees?
BACKGROUND
Employers have a couple different ways of gathering information. According......
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