What Is Workplace Privacy?
Workplace privacy is a term that describes privacy issues in the workplace. Privacy can be implicated in several ways in the workplace. For example, hiring, firing, and performance reviews all have potential privacy concerns, and how employers interact with employees in these matters can have privacy implications.
As a rule, most U.S. employees have very little expectation of privacy in their workplaces. Very few states have enacted laws about workplace privacy issues, although some states may have laws relating to general issues, such as telephone wiretapping. Not all states have considered the impact of those laws in the workplace.
Employers can use technology, such as electronic communications, to make workers more ...
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