Privacy Rights and Invasion of Privacy
The State of California ensures of the privacy of
employees by several means. Section 96(k) of the California Labor Code
prohibits employers from punishing their workers for lawful off-duty conduct.
In enacting subdivision (k), the Legislature found that “absent the
protection afforded to employees by the Labor Commissioner, an individual
employee is ill-equipped and unduly disadvantaged in an effort to assert civil
rights guaranteed by Article I of the California Constitution.” The
Legislature also found that it is not in the public interest to permit
employers to “deprive any employee of any constitutionally guaranteed
civil liberties” and that subdivision (k) was necessary to “protect
the civil rights of individual employees.” Under the California
Constitution, Article I, Section 1, protects against the dissemination or
misuse of sensitive and confidential information, interests in making intimate
personal decisions or conducting personal activities without observation,
intrusion or interference, the freedom of intimate association with others
(e.g., marriage, family and sex life), and the freedom of expressive
association (e.g., political, social, economic, religious and cultural groups).
Privacy right lawsuits often arise out of investigations and drug-tests by
employers, including employer examinations of an employee’s email
messages.
For a free consultation about wrongful termination with
an experienced employee rights attorney, contact David Spivak:
- Email
David@FightWrongfulTermination.com
- Call toll free (877) 277-2950
- Visit The Spivak Law Firm, 9454 Wilshire Blvd., Ste
303, Beverly Hills, CA 90212
- Fax (310) 499-4739
The Spivak Law Firm is a full service employee rights
law firm. David Spivak and his team are proud to represent aggrieved employees
like you in the following matters:
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