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Supreme Court rules on employer monitoring of cellphone, computer conversations

A hesitant Supreme Court waded cautiously into a question that arises daily in workplaces and offices across the country: whether employers have the right to look over the shoulders of workers who use company computers and cellphones for personal communication.

In the first ruling of its kind, the justices said they do, as long as there is a "legitimate work-related purpose" to monitor them. But the court said it would proceed cautiously in deciding how far an employer can go in searching the "electronic sphere" that has become an inescapable part of the modern workplace. More...

06-18-2010 15:44