a. Workplace privacy concepts

i. Human resources management

b. U.S. agencies regulating workplace privacy issues

i. Federal Trade Commission (FTC)

ii. Department of Labor

iii. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)

c. U.S. Anti-discrimination laws

i. Civil Rights Act of 1964

ii. Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)

iii. Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA)

a. Employee background screening

i. Requirements under FCRA

ii. Methods

1. Personality and psychological evaluations

2. Polygraph testing

3. Drug and alcohol testing

4. Social media

b. Employee monitoring

i. Technologies

1. Computer usage (including social media)

2. Biometrics

3. Location-based services (LBS)

4. Wellness Programs

5. Mobile computing

6. E-mail and postal mail

7. Photography

8. Telephony

9. Video

ii. Requirements under the Electronic Communications Act of 1986 (ECPA)

iii. Unionized worker issues concerning monitoring in the U.S. workplace

c. Investigation of employee misconduct

i. Data handling in misconduct investigations

ii. Use of third parties in investigations

iii. Documenting performance problems

iv. Balancing rights of multiple individuals in a single situation

d. Termination of the employment relationship

i. Transition management

ii. Records retention

iii. References