Bipartisan Bill Proposes Transparency In Workplace Monitoring Practices

Jul 21, 2000 •

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workplace privacy privacy protection electronic communications employee rights monitoring legislation bipartisan law disclosure requirements

A group of bipartisan lawmakers introduced a bill today that would ban companies from secretly monitoring employees' electronic communications. The bill wouldn't prohibit companies from snooping, but would require them to disclose their monitoring practices to employees when they are hired . . . A group of bipartisan lawmakers introduced a bill today that would ban companies from secretly monitoring employees' electronic communications. The bill wouldn't prohibit companies from snooping, but would require them to disclose their monitoring practices to employees when they are hired and to update them on an annual basis.