{"id":357911,"date":"2016-04-04T10:45:32","date_gmt":"2016-04-04T15:45:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/content.findlaw-admin.com\/ability-law\/employment\/workplace-privacy.html"},"modified":"2024-11-04T12:03:00","modified_gmt":"2024-11-04T17:03:00","slug":"workplace-privacy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.findlaw.com\/employment\/workplace-privacy.html","title":{"rendered":"Workplace Privacy Law"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\n \n Workplace Privacy Law\n <\/h1>\n \n Employee privacy is an ever-changing, complex issue between employers and employees.\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
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On one hand, employers would like to know as much about their employees as needed to make the right personnel decisions. For instance, school districts need to know that their bus drivers are not drinking alcohol before or during their shifts. Therefore, a pre-employment drug and alcohol test — and perhaps random tests during their employment — make good sense in that case. In contrast, it’s probably not necessary (and illegal in some states) for a restaurant to check the credit scores of prospective wait staff.<\/p>\r\n\n\n \n \n \n \n Employee Privacy\n \n <\/i>\n <\/span>\n <\/button>\n <\/h2>\n \n