The National Workrights Institute

Bringing Human Rights to the Workplace






Issue: Electronic Monitoring


	Employers love to keep tabs on their workers. And technology now makes it easy for companies to monitor you - from punch-in to quitting time. Employers can read you e-mail, look at your personal computer files and eavesdrop on your phone calls. They can film you with hidden video cameras not only in public areas, but in locker rooms and even restrooms. Although it's often done without your knowledge, this kind of information gathering and sharing is almost always legal. This is because there are few laws regulating electronic surveillance in the private sector workplace.


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	Fact Sheet: Employer Video Monitoring of Bathrooms and Locker Rooms RFID and Workplace Privacy Amicus Brief submitted to the Massachusetts Supreme Court in Nelson v. Salem State on workplace video monitoring Article: GPS Monitoring and the Mobile Workforce NWI endorses H.R. 582 Latest NWI Report: Privacy Under Siege - Electronic Monitoring in the Workplace NWI Report: On Your Tracks: GPS Tracking in the Workplace Sample Letter to the Editor Legal Status Electronic Monitoring in the Workplace: Common Law & Federal Statutory Protection Model Policy House Testimony TESTIMONY OF LEWIS L. MALTBY PRESIDENT-NATIONAL WORKRIGHTS INSTITUTE REGARDING NOTICE OF ELECTRONIC MONITORING ACT (H.R. 4908) BEFORE THE HOUSE SUBCOMMITTEE ON THE CONSTITUTION House Testimony TESTIMONY OF LEWIS L. MALTBY BEFORE THE HOUSE EDUCATION AND LABOR SUBCOMMITTEE ON LABOR-MANAGEMENT RELATIONS IN SUPPORT OF H.R. 1900 Article Electronic Monitoring: A Poor Solution to Management Problems Sample Op-Ed Column Employee Privacy in the Digital Workplace STATEMENT SUBMITTED TO THE COMMISSION ON THE FUTURE OF WORKER-MANAGEMENT RELATIONS BY LEWIS MALTBY