Courts start to rule on online harassment; cases weigh employer liability for employees' use of e-mail, chat rooms and porn sites

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Issues regarding sexual harassment and discrimination law in a workplace with electronic communication are discussed. Plaintiffs can use e-mails affirmatively against their employer, but employers can protect themselves by instituting a preventive program, properly investigating claim and having an electronic communications policy.

Internet, Sexual harassment

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Monitoring of employees still growing; employers seek greater productivity and avoidance of harassment liability; most workers have lost on privacy claims

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Increased employer monitoring of employee performance is discussed. Studies state that two-thirds of employers engage in some kind of monitoring and technological innovations are giving them further options for doing so. Abusing e-mail and using Internet access to peruse pornographic web sites are examples.

Management, Privacy, Right of, Right of privacy, Electronic employee monitoring

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Road to self-discovery can lead to legal discovery; corporate efforts to evaluate discrimination and diversity not always privileged material

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Whether information gained in corporate audits to ferret out possibly discriminatory personnel policies and find hidden workplace biases is privileged material is discussed. Cases dealing with the judicially created privilege of self-critical analysis are discussed.

Investigations, Prevention, Corporate governance, Evidence (Law), Employment discrimination, Privileges and immunities

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