I agree. There needs to be an employee's bill of rights that protect privacy and protect people against abuse. Electronic intrusion should be one of the things on it. I would also ban the practice of checking a potential employee's credit. Plenty of people have bad credit through no fault of their own. Getting sick in our atrocious health care system can get you bad credit. Then when you're well enough to work again, you can't get a job because your credit sucks. I would also ban "at will" work where you can get fired for any reason, good or bad. The employee bill of rights should state that an employer has to have a valid reason to fire someone such as their work is poor quality, their attendance is poor, etc. If an employer finds out a worker is a member of Democratic Socialists of America or a member of the NRA, that is NOT a valid reason to fire anyone. (If they preach and make a nuisance about it at work, that's different.) Work relationships between an employer and an employee should be about a person doing the work in a quality way. Period.
Does an employer have a right to to put cameras in your house?
It's illegal to discriminate against someone on the basis of their religion, race, etc. An employer could plausibly find that information about prospective hires by looking at their Facebook profile.
Does an employer have a right to to put cameras in your house?
No, but they can require YOUR PERMISSION as a condition of employment. Essentially the only punishment here is loss of employment (or not employing at all) A person has no RIGHT to be employed by a company.
Because the employer is a private person, e.g. any corporation.
But private corporations can require an employee to allow them to. So, if this becomes typical you can't get a job unless you allow them to. And then they may think your lying if you don't do Facebook.Can a private corporation or entity monitor your phone voice mail or open your mail? No, it is a felony. Why would my private Facebook account be any different?
In particular I mean an engineering company that is dominated by certain evangelicals not hiring a Mormon or atheist.Right kind of Christian? You mean a Catholic church not wanting to hire a Protestant of something of that nature? That is not an invasion of privacy. Opening someones private messages is.
They could also find it out by LOOKING AT THEM
or LISTENING to them in many cases.
Are we going to no longer allow interviews face to face or via phone? Maybe we should redact names on resumes and applications also. African Americans, people from India, and Vietnamese all have distinctive names.
And a company has no right to ask about an individuals private life.
Not always. If a person has olive-colored skin and a neutral-sounding accent/name, there are many ethnicities they could plausibly be...Italian, Mexican, Egyptian, Persian, Indian. But if you view their Facebook profile and see that they're a fan/member of La Raza or UNICO, you're probably going to have a much better idea of their ethnicity.
If for some reason they mention their race or their religion on their own in the course of conversation, then they improperly volunteered that information and typically will not have a lawsuit if you don't hire them. In this case, the employer is the one who asked to view their Facebook profile, and so they can't claim that the applicant improperly volunteered that information.
There is a difference between providing the employer with basic things they need to communicate directly with you (e.g. your name, your presence or telepresence at an interview, etc.) Scouring their Facebook profile would be more akin to asking the employee "Are you a member of a synagogue?" or "Are you a member of the NAACP?" and then not hiring them if they say yes. Those questions would be improper, and the applicant would have a very strong case that they were discriminated against.
They have a right to ask. They do it with credit reports.
Opening an employer to liability does not equal illegal.
Just as knowing someone's affiliations doesn't automatically equal discrimination.
Who owns companies?Individuals have rights not employers.
Who owns companies?
Ownership can be highly varied from a sole proprietorship to a partnership and various other derivatives.
No one can own a individual.
It should be illegal in all forms, pass new legislation as soon as possible. But really if an employer asked me to give them a facebook password I would just erase the thing temporarily.
I completely agree with you. Facebook is not just another place to socialize, it's a window to the soul -- like a journal. The person who thought up this little piece of privacy invasion, should be shot.As some of you may have heard, some employers are starting to ask their employees or potential employees for their Facebook passwords, in order to "do a background check" on them. Some have implemented this practice as a condition for employment, a condition for promotion, or even as a condition to not be fired. Obviously this is a huge invasion of privacy, but it also seems to walk a very fine line when it comes to existing anti-discrimination laws. If a potential employer browsed someone's Facebook, they could find out a lot more than their drinking habits...they could reasonably be expected to find out the person's religion, race, sexual orientation, whether they are expecting a child, what their political views on unions are, etc.
Is this really a road that we should go down? Do we need legislation preventing this? What happens if an employer views someone's Facebook, sees that they're a member of a group typically associated with a certain race (e.g. NAACP or ADL or La Raza), and then decides not to hire them? Who knows if that was the actual reason they weren't hired, but I think the person could reasonably make the claim that they were discriminated against.
And here is a great resignation letter from a man who had to ask potential employees for their Facebook passwords before he could hire them: I hereby resign - raganwald's posterous
I completely agree with you. Facebook is not just another place to socialize, it's a window to the soul -- like a journal. The person who thought up this little piece of privacy invasion, should be shot.
But that's your Facebook experience. It's a whole lot more for others.I disagree. If an employer looked at my facebook account, all he would find out is that I love Judas Priest, I talk a lot of ****, I love my firearms, and that I'm probably an alcoholic. I live in Texas, so it's all good.
But that's your Facebook experience. It's a whole lot more for others.
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