This fact sheet offers information on workplace raids — including your rights during a raid — plus tips on how to prepare for a raid at your workplace. It also describes how raids are conducted. Remember that everyone has rights during a workplace raid — regardless of their immigration status.
Topic: Privacy Rights
Disabilities in the Workplace: Drug and Alcohol Use and Testing
1. May my employer regulate my use of alcohol and illegal drugs at the workplace? Yes. The federal Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and California’s Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA), the major laws covering individuals with disabilities, do not affect your employer’s right to prohibit alcohol and illegal drug use at the workplace. Employment… Continue reading Disabilities in the Workplace: Drug and Alcohol Use and Testing
Personnel Files
What types of records must employers keep? Both federal and California state law require employers to keep certain records regarding each individual employee. The outline below shows some of the types of records your employer is generally required to keep, and how long it must keep them: Your name, social security number, and address, 4… Continue reading Personnel Files
Information about Criminal Records
What exactly is a criminal record? A criminal record, formally known as a summary criminal history, or more commonly known as a “rap” sheet, is a list of arrests and convictions. Any time the police fingerprint you because of a criminal investigation, that information is added to your summary criminal history. For an arrest, the… Continue reading Information about Criminal Records
Credit Reports and Background Checks
A fact sheet on what credit reports and background checks will entail.
Privacy in the Workplace
Do I have a right to privacy in the workplace? You have a right to privacy under U.S. Constitution’s 4th Amendment and the California Constitution. Whether your privacy right has been violated depends on whether you have a protected privacy interest and what your employer is trying to find out about you. To bring an… Continue reading Privacy in the Workplace