Workplace Privacy
This federal agency, tasked with improving working conditions and administering over 180 laws including the Fair Labor Standards Act and the Occupational Safety and Health Act, plays the most direct role in regulating employment matters in the U.S.
What is the Department of Labor?
Before obtaining a background report from a credit reporting agency, an employer must notify the applicant in writing, obtain written permission, and certify compliance with this federal law.
What is the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA)?
This 2003 law amended the FCRA to eliminate the requirement that employers notify employees when conducting misconduct investigations related to legal or policy compliance.
What is the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act (FACTA)?
This North Carolina university, home to the Tar Heels, has won multiple NCAA championships and was where Michael Jordan played college basketball.
What is the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill?
Unlike the European Union, the United States addresses workplace privacy through this fragmented set of legal sources, including state laws, federal statutes, and common law.
What is a patchwork of laws?
Triple Play!
These three types of screening—personality or psychological evaluations, polygraph tests, and substance abuse testing—are each subject to legal restrictions under laws like the ADA and the Employee Polygraph Protection Act.
What are psychological evaluations, lie detector tests, and drug/alcohol testing?
To protect integrity and employee privacy, misconduct investigations should be conducted confidentially and in accordance with agreements like these, which may outline procedures and access rights.
What are collective bargaining agreements?
Triple Play!
These three federal laws—one from 1964, one from 1990, and one from 2008—form the core of antidiscrimination protections you’re required to know for the exam.
What are Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), and the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA)?
Private-sector employees generally have no reasonable expectation of privacy in the workplace, except in specific areas like these two locations.
What are restrooms and dressing rooms?
To minimize the risk of loss, organizations should retrieve items like laptops, access badges, and files on this specific day.
What is the employee’s last day of employment?