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Preface=xi
1. Privacy Rights: The New Employee Relations Battlefield=1
Preemployment Tests=3
New Information Technologies=4
Release of Private Information=5
Monitoring Employees and Their Performance=6
After-Hours Activities=7
Privacy Law and Company Policy=8
Case Examples Illustrate Lessons Learned=12
Conclusion=13
2. Why Employers Pry=14
Problems Facing Employers=14
Taking Care of Business=25
3. Privacy Law Primer=26
The Hierarchy of Laws=27
Common-Law Privacy Invasion=30
Constitutional Privacy Protections=34
A Crash Course in Federal Privacy Laws=37
State Privacy Laws=44
Appendix=51
4. Don't Judge the Book by Its Cover: Preemployment Inquiries, Background Checks, and Nepotism Policies=58
What Form of Birth Control Do You Use? and Other Inappropriate Preemployment Inquiries=60
What Former Employers Say: A Look at Reference Checking=62
Is There a Skeleton in the Closet? Find Out with Background Checks=66
Doin' Time on the Rock: How Employers Consider Arrest and Conviction Records=69
Pay Your Bills on Time? When Employers Conduct Credit Checks=73
Let's See Your J.D.: A Look at Work Document Requirements=76
All in theFamily: Employer Attitudes toward Nepotism Policies=83
Summary=85
Appendix=87
5. Truth Serum: Medicat Drug, Psychological, and Skill Testing=95
Take A Deep Breath: Employer Use of Physical Exams=96
The Drug Testing Controversy=99
What Makes Him Tick? How Employers Use Psychological Testing=113
But Can He Type? A Look at Skill Testing=118
Summary=122
Appendix=123
6. What's That You're Wearing? Enforcing Dress=127
Codes and Controlling Conduct Show a Little Thigh: The Ticklish Issue of Employer Dress and Grooming Standards=128
Wanna Buy Some Cookies? Controlling Solicitation and Distribution=134
Summary=137
Appendix=138
7. Living in a Glass House: A Look at Privacy in the Electronic Workplace=140
Sending Secrets on a Postcard: E-Mail Privacy Concerns=140
Always on Call: Paging System Privacy=148
Surfin' the Web: Employer Control of Employee Internet Use=151
Summary=156
Appendix=156
8. Personal, Private, and Confidential: An Employer's Access to and Release of Workplace Information=160
I'm Calling to Check a Reference On ... : How Employers Handle Employment Verification=161
Protecting Privacy of Personnel Records=167
Between Me and My Doctor: Keeping Employee Medical Records Confidential=172
Passwords, Privacy, and Productivity: Computerized Business Records=178
Summary=181
Appendix=181
9. Let's Look in Your Drawers: Monitoring Performance and Conducting Searches, Surveillance, and Investigations on the Job=185
Counting Keystrokes: Monitoring Employee Performance=186
We're Listening: Trends in Telephone Monitoring=189
Under the Interrogation Spotlight: A Look at Conducting Internal Investigations=194
Wired for Truth: Polygraph Exams and Investigations=198
He's Faking It! Investigating Workers' Compensation Fraud=202
Nosy or Necessary? A Look at Workplace Searches=205
We're Watching You: Surveillance of Employees and Customers=212
Summary=215
Appendix=215
10. My Time, My Life: A Look at Employer Regulation of Off-Duty Conduct=221
Go Directly to Jail, Do Not Pass Go: Employer Response to Criminal Misconduct=223
Need Extra Cash? When Secondary Employment Conflicts with the Regular Job=227
A Smoldering Issue: Employer Control of Smoking=231
Get a Life: Employer Regulation of Employee Dating and Other Nonwork Activities=234
Sexual Preference, Sexual Orientation, and Other Alternative Lifestyles=239
Saints and Sinners: Tips for Employer Accommodation of Religious Beliefs=243
Summary=247
Appendix=248
11. Emerging Issues in Workplace Privacy=253
The Right to Medical Privacy=253
Telecommuting from the Home Office=254
Web Watching=255
The Encryption Debate=256
Growing Government Regulation=257
High- Tech Tools Create New Privacy Questions=259
In Conclusion=260
Appendix=260
Abbreviations Used in Notes=262
Index=263
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