Thesis Statement: Employers are violating employees' privacy beyond what they need to protect the company.
Employers are ensuring that new employees cannot have used tobacco products for the past year.
Review the Miami, FL lawsuit involving the historical tobacco product issue.
Explain the employer rationale that this policy lowers the corporations health insurance costs.
This review involves an unnecessary intrusion, not related to the job, about the employees past that can be mitigated.
As a mitigating factor, the corporation can provide smoking and non-smoking insurance policies.
Employers are reviewing employee background information not related to the new employees job.
Background checks are fully inclusive of all negative events throughout an entire lifetime.
Review the case study of an employer using irrelevant background information to deny employment.
Explain the employer rationale of using this as a type of psychological screening.
This type of check involves an unnecessary intrusion, not related to the job, about the employees past that can be mitigated.
This intrusion can be avoided by having a third party review the data, or by having the employer do psychological testing.
Employers are limiting employees from having a second job.
Review the case study of employers limiting employees from second jobs.
Explain the employer rationale that a second job has the potential to distract employees from their first job.
This is an unnecessary intrusion of privacy which can be mitigated by appropriate employee performance monitoring and feedback.
Employers are limiting employees from dating within the workplace.
Review the case study of an employer following an employee around after hours, and then terminating his job.
Cover the employer's rationale that the policy was to prevent sexual harassment, and therefore limit corporate liability.
Discuss ways to mitigate the issue without meddling in employees private lives.