Know the extent—and limits—of individual rights and employer authority in this litigious area of workplace law

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Privacy in Employment Law, Third Edition, with 2012 Cumulative Supplement offers guidance on employee/employer rights and the limits of employer authority in securing information about applicants and employees, disclosing such information, and controlling activities in the U.S. workplace. This treatise will serve as a dependable reference on the law of privacy as addressed fragmentally in statutes and court decisions.

The author has meticulously assembled citations, definitions, practical examples, and guidance to help practitioners assess present legislation and judicial thinking on key issues in employment privacy. Privacy in Employment Law provides lists of relevant state laws addressing topics relating to workplace privacy, including drug testing, access to personnel files, lie detection, electronic monitoring, and more, in addition to offering text of selected foreign statutes and the European Union (EU) directive on privacy law. 

The Third Edition offers updated discussion of important topics, including: 

• Increased regulation of medical certification for FMLA leave—what doctors should supply and who can approach them for medical information about employees
• New state laws limiting credit checks for job applicants by “job relatedness”
• New Jersey appellate court's limiting of employer policies governing e-mail inspection to a standard of reasonableness
• Developments under laws allowing conscientious objection to specific work assignments
• Efforts to expand biometric monitoring and restrictive RFID implantation
• Protections for victims of domestic violence
• More on references and defamation

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The 2012 Cumulative Supplement offers further guidance on privacy topics such as:

• Violations of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act
• Accessing and downloading personal communications from former employees' computers
• How to best handle hiring decisions based on results from credit and background checks
• Sensitive medical information and ADA confidentiality
• Failure to follow HIPAA disclosure rules
• Medical marijuana laws
• Whether or not an employer may refuse to hire an applicant who had sued a prior employer under the Fair Labor Standards Act
• Possession of firearms locked in a vehicle on the employer's premises

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2009/1,162 pp. Hardcover/Order #9090P

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2012/364 pp. Softcover/ISBN 9781617460906/Order #2090

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About the Author
Matthew W. Finkin is the Albert J. Harno and Edward W. Cleary Chair in Law at the University of Illinois, where he also holds appointments in the Center for Advanced Study and the School of Labor and Employment Relations.

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Matthew W. Finkin 

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• Summary Table of Contents 
• Detailed Table of Contents 
• Preface  

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• Summary Table of Contents 
• Detailed Table of Contents 
• Preface

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