Your Employees' Right to Privacy

Can an employer read employee email? Search an employee's workspace or bag? Monitor what employees say on the phone -- or what they post on Facebook or Twitter? Learn what you can and can't do -- and commonsense tips for avoiding problems.

Articles on Your Employees' Right to Privacy

Keeping Personnel Files and Medical Records Confidential

Take steps to protect the confidentiality of employee files and medical records.
Monitoring Employees' Off-Duty Conduct

Should you keep track of what employees do when they're not on the job?
Workplace Cameras and Surveillance: Laws for Employers

Filming employees at work may violate their right to privacy.

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Questions on Your Employees' Right to Privacy

Can I be fired for refusing to take a drug test?

Can they require me to take a drug test? What happens if I say no?
Can my employer threaten to fire us if we do not quit smoking?

As long as I don't smoke in no-smoking areas at work, what business is it of my employer whether I choose to smoke?
Is there a maximum amount that can be garnished from my wages for child support?

Learn more about wage garnishment for child support, and find out if there is a maximum amount that can be garnished from your wages for child support.

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