On-duty and off-duty: Employee right to privacy and employer's right to control in the private sector

Employee Responsibilities and Rights Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 235-246

  Cohen, Cynthia F ^a   Cohen, Murray E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Employee rights; Employment law; Off duty behavior; Right to privacy

Indexed keywords

EID: 35748937343     PISSN: 08927545     EISSN: 15733378     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10672-007-9050-2     Document Type: Article

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