EMPLOYMENT LAW: PRIVACY ON THE JOB

Demonstrate your understanding of Privacy Act, the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Street Act, the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, the Fair Credit Reporting Act, and Whistle-blower legislation and the safeguards these laws afford employees in the workplace.

Please do independent research to determine what the current state of the law is related to employee privacy, surveillance and workplace monitoring.

Please answer the following: Be sure to reference your source and include page numbers where available. Your own words.

1. Generally explain what current laws are in place that relate to workplace privacy protections. (Be sure to share a link to the article, youtube video or other source you used for research on the current state of the law so that I can review it).
2. As you will discover through your research, surveillance technology is constantly improving.Increased surveillance must be balanced with employee privacy rights and with an employers' obligation to properly handle data.Do you believe that this increased surveillance is worth it in terms of the impact it has on productivity vs. the impact it has on workers' morale?Do you believe the risk of mishandling data outweighs any benefit that might be gained from increased surveillance? Be sure to support your answer. cite your sources