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Trojan Horse Employment Issues Related to Workplace Technologies

By Bryce G. Murray and E. Fredrick Preis, Jr.
August 27, 2008

In the past, employees came to work and actually worked. Nowadays, employees arrive at the workplace ready to shop, blog, connect with friends and engage in other non'employment-related activities. In the past, when employees went home, they were done with work for the day unless they brought “homework” home with them. Nowadays, white-collar workers can access much of their office work from home, in the car, or on vacation. In the past, an employer only needed to monitor the “water cooler” to learn about the quality of life of its employees. Nowadays, employees can discuss quality of life, pay and other issues just about anywhere thanks to the Internet, text messaging, and other communication developments. Technology has advanced the workplace well beyond many general workplace practices employers have in place, and outpaced some workplace laws, including provisions of the Federal wage and hour laws.

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