eBook: Walsh, D. J. (2019). Employment law for human resource practice (6th edit

eBook:
Walsh, D. J. (2019). Employment law for human resource practice (6th edition). Cengage Learning.
Our readings this week will focus on the legal limits to incursions upon privacy in the workplace. This includes all record-keeping and information gathering activities.
• Chapter 15: Privacy on the Job
Articles, Websites, and Videos:
The author discusses tips and recommendations for conducting interviews during internal investigations in the workplace. (8 pages)
• Glaser, D. M. (2020). Tips for conducting interviews during internal investigations. Journal of Health Care Compliance, 22(2), 5–12.
This article provides a review of the wealth of research findings of surveillance in the workplace and the issues surrounding it. It establishes a number of points when considering the issue of workplace surveillance, before reviewing some of the more critical issues. (12 pages)
• Ball, K. (2010). Workplace surveillance: an overview. Labor History, 51(1), 87–106.
This video provides an overview of laws and regulations that govern privacy; specifically highlighting employee rights vs an employer’s need to monitor employees.
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Privacy in the workplace presentation.
Duration: 9:55
User: Jorge Blanco – Added: 6/24/17

“Employee Records and Privacy Rights”, This video highlights how a company’s policies must accurately and completely identify all data being collected so that users are aware of how their personal information is being handled.
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Employee Records and Privacy Rights
Duration: 3:40
User: Gregg Learning – Added: 10/3/18

Supplemental Resources:
This article examines various ineffective U.S. data privacy frameworks involving lawmaking and the preferred method of self-regulation. It mentions constitutional requirements for the right to privacy.
• Shubert, A. (2020). Not all those who wander are lost: The pathway towards American data privacy law. Hofstra Law Review, 48(3), 835–872.
ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS
The Estrada v. Wal-Mart Stores case study illustrates that if interrogations are not conducted carefully, they can lead to many legal problems. In this case, the court must decide whether Wal-Mart management improperly interviewed and interrogated an employee accused or suspected of wrongdoing. After reading this case study found in Chapter 15 of your textbook, address the following:
1. Based on the evidence presented, how would you have ruled in this case? What specific evidence presented in the case study influences your ruling? In crafting your response, consider the application of proper investigative procedures to this ruling.
2. Turning to the courts’ ruling, what is the legal significance of this case as it relates to investigations and your HR practice?
Evidence is an integral part of academic writing and critical thinking. When crafting your responses, please be sure to use the textbook and resources, as well as any outside research you might conduct, to support your statements.