Employer's Guide to Workplace Privacy

ISBN-10
0735554099
ISBN-13
9780735554092
Category
Business & Economics
Pages
478
Language
English
Published
2005-08-19
Publisher
Aspen Publishers
Author
Amy L. Greenspan

Description

The Employer's Guide to Workplace Privacy examines the workplace issues that are most likely to raise privacy concerns. It is a must read for business owners, managers, and human resource professionals who have an interest in privacy law within the context of the employer/ employee relationship. the Guide discusses privacy law throughout the United States and offers strategies for managing privacy issues. Sample policies and checklists appear throughout the Guide. There are state law charts dealing with drug testing, electronic communications, arrest and conviction records, credit and character investigations, and more.New and updated topics in this, our 5th Edition, include:Retention and disposal of personnel records, including new federal requirementsHIPAA Security Standard with updated discussion of medical records privacyVideo surveillance, including discussion of the new federal video voyeurism lawIdentity theft, with discussion of state and federal laws governing the use of Social Security numbersElectronic tracking of employees location via GPS and other devicesMonitoring employee communications, plus new developments in web-based email, instant messaging, and bloggingSample agreement for assignment of employees inventions to employers Updated annually.

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