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Privacy Issues

You should know the privacy laws that protect your employees. This page offers information on: state and local laws, the Employment Polygraph Protection Act, drug testing, and pre-employment testing.
Plain English Guide To Employee Privacy
The Guide's recommendations on your employees' privacy.

The Employment Polygraph Protection Act (EPPA)
Information about the EPPA, which generally prevents employers engaged in interstate commerce from using lie detector tests either for pre-employment screening or during the course of employment, with certain exemptions.

Dress Code Legal Issues
You have a lot of discretion in what you can require your employees to wear to work. Generally, a carefully drafted dress code that is applied consistently should not violate discrimination laws. This article examines common legal challenges to dress codes and suggests ways you can avoid problems.

Drug Testing FAQs
Frequently asked questions and answers on drug-free workplace issues.

Privacy In The Workplace
Employers want to be sure their employees are doing a good job, but employees don't want their every sneeze or trip to the water cooler logged. That's the essential conflict of workplace monitoring. This website provides a discussion about this important issue.

Pre-Employment Testing
Learn the legal rules on pre-employment testing, courtesy of Nolo.



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