In the employment area, employers take actions which impact on employees' privacy in many different ways. On the job, employers routinely videotape employees and monitor their email and internet use. Drug testing job applicants and employees is routine. Employers may also require employees to undergo polygraph and integrity testing, and possibly even genetic or other medical testing as well. Employers also take actions which arguably infringe on employees' private time and which impact on employees' off-the-job activities and personal associations-- this could include drug testing and internet searches of employees' Facebook or blog entries. Recently, some employers have required employees and job applicants to provide login information to personal social media accounts as a condition of employment. This raises many issues.

At today's meeting, you will be asked to make recommendations regarding a privacy policy for your company.

• What should it include? Should you drug test employees? Monitor their email? Install video cameras in common work areas?
• Why or why not?
• How do you justify this?
• What could be the impact on employee morale?