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What is Wrongful Discharge

Chapter 14
Handbook of Research on Virtual Workplaces and the New Nature of Business Practices
Termination of a worker’s employment that violates a law or employment contract. Where an employee is considered “at will” (see above), termination of the worker’s employment may be a wrongful discharge if the termination violates public policy, such as terminating the employee because the employee obeyed the law, refused to break the law on the employer’s behalf, or, possibly, as a result of information the employer gained by violating the employee’s right of privacy.
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Employee Privacy in Virtual Workplaces
Robert Sprague (University of Wyoming College of Business, USA)
Copyright: © 2008 |Pages: 13
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59904-893-2.ch014
Abstract
This chapter addresses the legal aspects of employee privacy in virtual workplaces. The body of law regarding employee workplace privacy that has evolved over the years establishes a minimal expectation of privacy on the part of the employee (meaning employers have been found guilty of violating employee privacy only in rare and extreme cases). No one has yet examined whether virtual workplaces alter the fundamental assumptions underlying employee privacy rights. By reviewing the current status of employee privacy law and juxtaposing it with virtual workplace environments, with a particular focus on communication technologies, this chapter seeks to provide guidance for the privacy issues that are sure to arise with the growth and development of virtual workplaces.
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