Every breath you take: employee privacy rights in the workplace - an Orwellian prophecy come true?

Employers must balance employee privacy rights against their own need to maintain an effective work environment. Employee privacy issues include co-worker dating, privacy rights in e-mail and whether the employer has a continuing right to enquire into an employee's background. The relatively new focus on this developing area of the law means that courts have no clear guidelines to follow in considering a particular claim.