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Workplace Privacy

Workplace Privacy. Your rights on the job. © Consumer Action 2009. How much privacy do you have at work? . More than 75% of employers do some employee monitoring Many employers look into your past and your personal life Some employers require certain tests Don’t be caught off guard!.

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Workplace Privacy

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  1. Workplace Privacy Your rights on the job © Consumer Action 2009

  2. How much privacy do you have at work? • More than 75% of employers do some employee monitoring • Many employers look into your past and your personal life • Some employers require certain tests • Don’t be caught off guard!

  3. Types of Monitoring • Email and instant messages (IM) • Telephone • Voicemail • Computer usage • Websites visited • Computer files • Physical location • On-site activity

  4. Types of Checks & Tests • Credit check • Background check • Medical testing continued

  5. Types of Checks & Testscontinued • Skills testing • Drug & alcohol testing • Psychological testing • Polygraph (lie detector) testing

  6. Your Privacy Rights • Is it legal to monitor employees? • Notification of monitoring • Personal calls • Private email • Cell phone calls & text messages • Surveillance & searches • Credit report/background checks • Medical history & testing

  7. Your Privacy Rightscontinued • Federal and state laws • Public vs private employees • Union activity • Actions outside the workplace • Can I be fired? Not hired? Denied a promotion?

  8. Food for Thought • The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) receives more complaints about workplace rights violations than about any other issue. Source: ACLU.org

  9. Activity • 16 Questions About Workplace Privacy • How much do you know about your workplace privacy rights?

  10. Protecting Your Privacy and Your Job • Learn your employer’s privacy policies • Assume you are being monitored • Keep personal communications off-limits by using your own phone & home computer continued

  11. Protecting Your Privacy and Your Job continued • Assume that deleted email, voicemail and computer files will still be accessible • Consider using a pseudonym (fake name) for certain online activities • Remind your employer you want to keep your medical information confidential

  12. Resources • U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) • State Departments of Labor • Federal Trade Commission • AnnualCreditReport.com • ChoicePoint • Privacy Rights Clearinghouse

  13. Congratulations! • You’ve completed the Consumer Action Workplace Privacy training. • If you have questions about our trainings, just ask us, or email: outreach@consumer-action.org

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