Privacy Rights, Public Policy, and the Employment Relationship

Authors

Pauline Kim, Washington University in St. Louis School of LawFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1996

Publication Title

Ohio State Law Journal

Abstract

Two well-established common law doctrines increasingly are coming into conflict. The first protects individuals from unreasonable intrusions on their privacy. The second authorizes an employer to fire its employees at will, unless a clear agreement exists to the contrary. As employees have begun to assert their common law right of privacy' in the workplace, their claims have collided headlong with the doctrine of employment at will.

Keywords

Common Law, Privacy Rights, Work-At-Will

Publication Citation

Pauline T. Kim, Privacy Rights, Public Policy, and the Employment Relationship, 57 Ohio St. L.J. 671 (1996)

Repository Citation

Kim, Pauline, "Privacy Rights, Public Policy, and the Employment Relationship" (1996). Scholarship@WashULaw. 460.
https://openscholarship.wustl.edu/law_scholarship/460