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HR How-To: Workplace Privacy
HR How-To: Workplace Privacy is one of the books in the new CCH® HR
How-To Series, which presents the key information you need to know
concerning important human resource issues. Delivered in a matter-of-fact,
"conversational" style, the Series provides an easy-to-scan listing of typical
topics and questions most often asked by HR professionals. The content is
explained in easy-to-follow terms, and then demonstrated through "stories" in
order to apply the concepts to realistic and familiar workplace settings. The
information is intuitively organized by the professional's day-to-day
encounter with real-world issues.
HR How-To: Workplace Privacy covers topics such as how to :
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How to handle background and reference checks
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How and when to test, monitor, and search employees
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How to safeguard proprietary employer information
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How to protect confidential employee records
Features and Benefits
- "What You Need to Know" section where critical must-know issues are presented in a quick fact form
- "What-If" scenarios that explore gray areas, providing insights into real-life, challenging situations. Within these scenarios you'll also see:
- Best practices to learn what has worked effectively for others
- Worst case scenarios often the most effective way to learn
- What went wrong for others and how to avoid the same results
- Strategies for communicating information to your workforce, including samples, case studies, graphical representations, mnemonics, and more
- Checklists that summarize the information most useful to your HR work
- Step-by-step how-to's
- Self audits
- Quizzes to measure retention of material learned
Table Of Contents
- Chapter 1:Overview: Privacy in the workplace
- Chapter 2: Where do employee privacy rights originate?
- Chapter 3: Applicant screening
- Chapter 4: The testing process
- Chapter 5: Monitoring and surveillance
- Chapter 6: Workplace searches
- Chapter 7: Regulating off-duty conduct
- Chapter 8: Investigations, discipline and discharge
- Chapter 9: Safeguarding employer information
- Chapter 9: Privacy and recordkeeping