| Medical Records and the Americans |
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| Department of Labor Alien Labor Certification Overview |
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| Background More... |
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| Employer Monitoring of Employee's Electronic Communications |
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| Several decades ago, the question of whether employers could monitor employees' communications was relatively simple. It was fairly well established that while employers could monitor business calls, they could not, with a few limited exceptions, eavesdrop on employees' personal phone calls. Today, employee communication has become high tech.. More... |
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| OSHA Standards Variances |
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| Pursuant to the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) creates and enforces safety standards for American workplaces. These standards, which are categorized by industry, apply to nearly all private American employers. Once a safety standard has been enacted and published in the Federal Register, employers are required to follow it. OSHA conducts periodic inspections to ensure that the standards are being followed. Employers who fail to comply are subject to fines and other penalties. More... |
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| Privacy - Personnel Files - Redress for Privacy Violations |
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| There are many instances in which an employer may share information about an employee with a third party. Employers regularly, for example, disclose information about their employees to other employers, unions, and law-enforcement agencies. They may also share information with banks and creditors, insurance companies, government agencies, and even third-party private individuals. Although some of these disclosures may be at the employee's request or required by law, others may be may be considered a violation of privacy or inflict harm. More... |
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