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NWI in the news


	ABC News •Every Step You Take...Companies Using Tracking Devices to Monitor Employees Akron Beacon Journal •Employers crack down on smoking Associated Press •Bosses keep sharp eye on mobile workers via GPS Bankrate.com •Workplace privacy? Forget it! Boston Globe •Smoke Screens •Smoke Screen Boston Herald •POINT, CLICK, POUNCE; Your boss sees every e-move you make CBS •Smokers Need Not Apply Here •Fired for Blogging CBS: 60 Minutes •Whose Life is it Anyway? Charlotte Observer •New rules won't help U.S. labor Chicago Tribune •Sexy e-mail cost them jobs, now they'll lose their privacy • The state of the workplace The Supreme Court's session wraps up with some victories for employers, but all is not lost for the workers Christian Science Monitor •Can boss insist on healthy habits? •Would you hire this man? Congress Daily •Genetic Discrimination Bill Stalls In House Courier-Journal, Louisville, KY •Do you ever get the feeling omeone is spying on you? CNN •New Ways to Get Fired •Monitoring employees: Eyes in the workplace Detroit Free Press •His ultimatum: Quit smoking or lose job Financial Times •Quest to reduce healthcare costs sparks a public debate Forward •Conference Weighs Risks of Genetic Screening Houston Chronicle •Employers boost efforts to fight growing online threat from within; Workers can breach security knowingly or not


NWI IN THE NEWS

	HR Magazine •Drug testing falls out of employers' favor Human Resource Executive •Genetic Testing Potential Impact on HR Journal News •Pirro pushes for criminal background checks Lansing State Journal •What's next at Weyco? Voluntary health tests Las Vegas Review-Journal •Click ... work ... click ... shop Los Angeles Times •Workers are told to shape up or pay up •In a High-Tech World, I Spy, You Spy, We Spy •Railroad Settles Suit Over Genetic Testing Workplace •Justices Halt Right to Sue Over Job Bias. •Nurse Derails Genetic Testing. MSNBC •Government plans broader drug screening National Public Radio •All Things Considered Interview (Transcript) NBC News: The Today Show •Memo to staff: Shape up or pay up Newsweek •A Job or a Cigarette? New York Post •Keeping Watch New York Times •Company's Smoking Ban Means Off-Hours, Too •You've Got Inappropriate Mail; Monitoring of Office E-Mail Is Increasing •Letter to the Editor Oregonian •Secret police cameras catch heat, not crime Philadelphia Inquirer •Want a Job? Kick the Habit Seattle Times •Behave or Else Time •Snooping Bosses United Press International •Your personal gene map may be coming soon USA Today •Off-duty behavior can affect job •Privacy protections at work are few and far between •It's not government, but corporate America doing the spying U.S. News & World Report •Privacy is under siege at work, at home, and online Wall Street Journal •Snooping E-Mail by Software is now a Workplace Norm •Zero Tolerance: Employers Dig Deep Into Workers' Pasts, Citing Terrorism Fears •As Background Checks Proliferate, Ex-Cons Face A Lock On Jobs Washington Times •Firms dock pay of obese, smokers