Can employers read your email, monitor your blog or social networking posts, or put up surveillance cameras in the workplace? What about requiring drug tests, polygraphs, or medical exams? How does the right to privacy work -- and what should you do if you think your rights have been violated? Find out here.
With millions of American employees working remotely due to the coronavirus pandemic, employers are increasingly turning to monitoring software and other forms of surveillance to keep tabs on worker productivity.
Employers have a lot of leeway to monitor employee emails.
Learn the rules for monitoring phone calls and voicemail messages.
Learn the rules on workplace testing, including medical exams, drug screens, lie detector tests, and psychological profiles.
Your employer might have the right to fire you for legal marijuana use.
Learn what happens to you and what your rights are when you have a false positive on a drug test for work.
Can your employer keep track of what you do when you're not at work?
Find out the rules for workplace searches.
Learn more about off-duty marijuana use laws your state.
Find out whether your state has a social media password law.
Find out whether you can sue your employer for invasion of privacy
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