Privacy and Technology in the Workplace

Discussion Week 3 Legal: Privacy and Technology in the Workplace
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Employers often want to find out if their workers are productive and loyal. Determine at least one (1) limit that you would place upon a private employer’s rights to monitor the productivity and communications of employees at work
Employers would want to ensure that that interferes with the worker’s motivation in the workplace including their social media activities. One of the limits that need to be placed on the employed is intrusive personal searches that infringe on the worker’s right of privacy. Rigorous body searches as well as searchers of personal property should be handled cautiously if necessary. Legal lawsuits may arise out of the employer’s actions given that the employees may suffer distress or even bodily harm. Searching personal property including mobile phones has legal ramifications of invasion of privacy, while the search on online activity should be done sparingly. As such, the employer need not be interested to know the content of e-mail communication, but only online search activities.
Speculate whether employers should have more or fewer rights to monitor employee use of company equipment, such as laptops, tablets, and cell phones issued for out-of-office, potentially after-hours work. Suggest at least three (3) methods for an employer to monitor its employees’ use of company equipments. Provide a rationale for your response. During the after work hours the employer should have fewer rights to monitor the employees, since there are fewer duties, and responsibilities placed upon the employee outside the workplace related to the work issues. The laws and policies on the workplace distinguish working hours and after working hours, but no matter the situation employees should not misuse company property. The employers should inform the employees of any form of electronic monitoring, and should limit surveillance as much as possible.
The legal and ethical implications of monitoring affect the decisions undertaken by a business, and video monitoring can be sued in specified locations when necessary to deter theft.
One of the methods that could be beneficial is installing apps on mobile d...