This document discusses employee privacy issues and legal rights. It outlines some common workplace practices that can infringe on employee privacy, such as computer monitoring, telephone monitoring, and video surveillance. It also discusses an employer's right to drug test employees and conduct psychological testing. The document then covers various laws protecting employee rights, such as the Family Medical Leave Act, Fair Labor Standards Act, Equal Pay Act, and laws protecting workers' compensation and privacy rights. It concludes with an overview of employee leave entitlements under Indian law, including annual holidays, casual leave, sick leave, and festival holidays.

2. EMPLOYEES PRIVACY ISSUES
AND LEGAL RIGHTS
GROUP MEMBERS :
MUHAMMAD ARIF
USAMA AHMED
SAAD MAZHAR

3. EMPLOYEE PRIVACY ISSUES
• Employees are often concerned about maintaining
personal privacy.
• Some workplace practices, such as computer
monitoring, telephone monitoring, and video
surveillance, may hinder employee privacy, present
some of the most common workplace conflicts.
• Additionally, employers may also monitor email
messages and Internet usage.

4. EMPLOYEE PRIVACY ISSUES
• Telephone monitoring is another issue of employee
privacy.
• Employers may install surveillance video cameras to
maintain safety, prevent theft, and to monitor employee
activities.

5. EMPLOYEE PRIVACY ISSUES
• The Supreme Court has upheld an employer's right to
test employees for drugs and alcohol.
• Federal law does not prohibit an employer from requiring
an employee or prospective employee to take a
psychological or personality test.
• Private employers may generally conduct on-premises
searches of employer-owned vehicles, equipment,
desks, lockers, briefcases and other items.

6. EMPLOYEE PRIVACY ISSUES
• Some employers take additional measures to detect how
employees spend time on the Internet by tracking
websites visited and blocking access to certain domains.
• Employers may feel such monitoring is necessary to
ensure productivity, while employees may view it as
violation of their privacy.

7. EMPLOYEE LEGAL RIGHTS
• Right to be free from discrimination and harassment of
all types
• Right to a safe workplace free of dangerous conditions
• Right to fair wages for work performed
• Prohibits employers from discriminating in the hiring
process based on race, color, religion, sex, or national
origin.

8. CONT….
• Providing payroll services which includes paying wages,
tax and National Insurance.
• Employees must be given a written document giving the
main terms and conditions of their employment. This is
sometimes called a Contract of Employment .
• Business Link’s website has an interactive tool to
produce a Contract of Employment
• Employees are legally entitled to a minimum number of
holidays. More information on Annual Leave Entitlement.

9. CONT…
• Family Medical Leave Act
• Fair Labor Standards Act
• Equal Pay Act
• Workers' Compensation
• Privacy Rights

10. FAMILY MEDICAL LEAVE ACT
• According to the Family Medical Leave Act, all
employees have the right to be off for family and medical
emergencies.
• An employee having a child or going through adoption
procedures with his child has the right to family leave.
• Each employee is legally allowed to have 12 unpaid
weeks of work off within a 12-month period, according to
the Family Medical Leave Act.

11. FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT
• Under the Fair Labor Standards Act, employees have the
right to be paid for all hours of labor he has provided.
• When an employee works overtime, generally 40 hours
in a seven-day period, she is entitled to overtime pay for
any hours worked beyond the regular 40 hours.

12. EQUAL PAY ACT
• The Equal Pay Act requires employers to pay male and female
employees equally for doing the same work.
• But if one employee has a higher level of skill, uses more
effort and holds more responsibility, that employee may be
paid more than the other.

13. WORKERS COMPENSATION
• With few exceptions, employees have the right to
workers' compensation insurance for all work-related
injuries.

14. PRIVACY RIGHTS
• An employee has the legal right to her religious or
political beliefs.
• An employer cannot fire or refuse to hire an employee
due to his faith or politics.

15. Holiday with Pay
• Annual holidays
• Casual leave
• sick leave
• Festival Holidays

16. ANNUAL HOLIDAYS
• Every worker who has completed a period of 12 months
continuous service in a factory shall be allowed, during
subsequent period of 12 months, holidays for a period of
fourteen consecutive days.

17. CASUAL LEAVE
• Every worker shall be entitled to casual leave with full
pay for ten days in a year

18. SICK LEAVE
• Every worker shall be entitled to sixteen days sick leave
on half average pay in a year.

19. FESTIVAL HOLIDAYS
• Every worker shall be allowed holidays with pay and on
all days declared by the Provincial Government to be
festival holidays.