Legal QuickSheet
Employee Monitoring and Workplace Privacy

by V. John Ella & Nicholas N. Sperling

Brief commentary on the Federal Law, Minnesota Law, and Selected Other State Laws regarding these 17 Topics / Types of Monitoring:

• Work E-Mail
  
• Cloud-based Personal E-Mail or Internet Accounts
• Requesting Social Media Passwords
• Internet Use
• Video Surveillance
• Work Telephone
• Radio Frequency Identification Devices (“RFID”) and Microchips
• Global Positioning Systems (“GPS”) and Geofencing
• Reporting of Child Pornography Discovered on Work Computer
• Polygraphs
• Drug and Alcohol Testing
• Use of / Request for Genetic Information
• Use of Social Security Numbers
• Physical Searches (desks, lockers, purses, bags and frisking)
• U.S. Mail
• Medical Information Regarding an Employee’s Leave or Accommodation
• Use of Biometric Information

Information provided applies to private sector employers only.