Should Rocket Scientist Have Worker Privacy Rights?
Employees at the Jet Propulsion Lab run by NASA are seeking help from the Supreme Court in a case about long-time employees being subjected to invasive background checks to continue to be employed at the agency. The case began in California, but has been approved for a hearing before the U.S. Supreme Court. The case can have consequences for private sector employees due to the push for mandatory use of E-verify an employment verification system to be run by the Department of Homeland Security.
U.S. Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Background Screening Case, Teresa Anderson, Security Management News, March 9, 2010
