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Common Law Privacy: A Limit on an Employer's Power to Test for Drugs

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1990

Publication Title

George Mason University Law Review

Abstract

Paternalistic and invasive practices have not been confined by region or to the last century. Seventy years ago, Ford Motor Company's personnel department vigilantly checked the cleanliness of employee's homes, the neatness of their gardens, their attendance at church, and the kinds of cars they drove. Employees found lax in any of these areas were often fired. This attitude has been extended and updated by the establishment of employee drug testing regimes by public and private sectors.

Keywords

Right to Privacy, Drug Testing, Workplace

Publication Citation

Edward M. Chen, Pauline T. Kim & John M. True, Common Law Privacy: A Limit on an Employer’s Power to Test for Drugs Drug Testing in the Workplace: Status and Prospects, 12 Geo. Mason U. L. Rev. 651 (1990)

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