Justices rule in favor of California police chief who read employee's texts

Thursday, June 17, 2010 - 12:11 in Psychology & Sociology

The Supreme Court says the Ontario employer's perusal of an officer's sexually explicit messages, sent on his work pager, is justified and didn't violate the 4th Amendment. In its first ruling on the rights of employees who send messages on the job, the Supreme Court rejected a broad right of privacy for workers Thursday and said supervisors may read through an employee's text...

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