The 14th Amendment Essay

The fourteenth amendment of the American federal constitution grants the citizens right to privacy. The amendment protects the American citizen’s privacy from being violated or intruded by either federal, state government or other individuals except for some few exceptions. Public employees are protected against unreasonable search, and the protection applies only to situations where employees bear reasonable expectations of privacy (Hudson, 2010). Whether there is the reasonable justification for search and seizure is a matter that is determined on the case by case approach based on practices, policies, and nature of the work. Searches at the workplace are authorized based on the purpose and objective of the search. Technological changes have created a more complex phenomenon in the area of employee’s surveillance. Various technologies have made it easy for the employers to monitor their employee’s jobs especially through internet, emails, computer terminals, and telephone. Almost everything perfumed by the …show more content…
The surveillance should also be restricted to the workplace and limits such surveillance outside the working environment. The employers are not allowed to disclose or intercept wire, electronic, oral or telephone conversations without the consent of the employees unless they are legitimately for business purposes. The regulation also stipulates that regarding workplace searches the employers should establish policies that clearly explain when searches on employees are warranted. They must communicate such policies to their employee and should make searches that are not heavily extensive or intrusive than necessary. They should also handle the information obtained from the search of care and store the evidence in a safe place. They should also minimize any physical contact or making any harm or injury to the person searched (Barnes,