Privacy for Consumers and Workers Act

Summary

Privacy for Consumers and Workers Act - Requires employers who engage in electronic monitoring to provide each affected employee with prior written notice describing specified aspects of the electronic monitoring directly affecting the employee. Requires employers to notify prospective employees at personal interviews or meetings of existing forms of electronic monitoring which may directly affect them and, upon request, provide them with the written notice provided to employees. Requires employers to provide affected employees with some form of visual or aural notice that indicates that electronic monitoring is taking place, at periodic intervals unless the monitoring is continuous during each of the employee's shifts. Requires employers to provide affected customers with some form of visual or aural notice, at periodic intervals, indicating that telephone service observation is taking place. Requires employers to permit employees or their authorized agents to have access to all personal data obtained by electronic monitoring of their work. Prohibits employers from collecting personal data on an employee which is not relevant to the employee's work performance. Prohibits employers from disclosing personal data obtained by electronic monitoring to any person or business except to the individual employee to whom that data pertains or without the employee's prior written consent, unless disclosure would be: (1) to the employer's officers and employees who need it to perform their duties; (2) to a law enforcement agency for a criminal investigation or prosecution; or (3) pursuant to a proper court order. Prohibits employers from using personal data obtained by electronic monitoring as the exclusive basis for individual employee performance evaluation or disciplinary action, unless the employee is given an opportunity to review the data within a reasonable time after it is obtained. Prohibits employers from using personal data or collective data obtained by electronic monitoring as the sole basis for setting production quotas or work performance expectations. Prohibits employers from maintaining, collecting, using, or disseminating personal data obtained by electronic monitoring which describes how an employee exercises First Amendment rights, unless such use is: (1) expressly authorized by statute or by the employee; or (2) pertinent to and within the scope of an authorized law enforcement activity. Sets forth the following enforcement provisions: (1) civil penalties; (2) injunctive actions by the Secretary of Labor; and (3) private civil actions. Prohibits waiver of rights and procedures provided by this Act, unless such waiver is part of a written settlement by the parties to a pending action or complaint. Directs the Secretary of Labor to issue rules and regulations to carry out this Act within six months. Makes this Act inapplicable to otherwise permissible electronic monitoring by law enforcement agencies in criminal investigations.

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Timeline

1. 28 February 1991

   Introduced

   Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 28 February 1991

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 28 February 1991

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

4. 21 March 1991

   Referred

   Referred to the Subcommittee on Labor-Management Relations.

   Source: Committee

5. 5 June 1991

   Committee

   Executive Comment Requested from Labor.

   Source: Committee

6. 11 June 1991

   Committee

   Subcommittee Hearings Held.

   Source: Committee

7. 23 July 1991

   Committee

   Subcommittee Hearings Held.

   Source: Committee

8. 20 November 1991

   Committee

   Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

   Source: Committee

9. 20 November 1991

   Committee

   Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended).

   Source: Committee

10. 28 July 1992

    Committee

    Unfavorable Executive Comment Received from Justice.

    Source: Committee

11. 30 July 1992

    Committee

    Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

    Source: Committee

12. 30 July 1992

    Committee

    Subcommittee on Employment Opportunities Discharged.

    Source: Committee

13. 31 July 1992

    Committee

    Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

    Source: Committee

14. 31 July 1992

    Reported

    Ordered to be Reported (Amended).

    Source: Committee

15. 5 October 1992

    Calendars

    Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 572.

    Source: Calendars

16. 5 October 1992

    Reported

    Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Education and Labor. H. Rept. 102-1024.

    Source: Committee

17. 5 October 1992

    Reported

    Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Education and Labor. H. Rept. 102-1024.

    Source: Committee

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