The law permits an employee to buy coverage for 18 months or for three years from the date of the original coverage. The law in addition provides this right to spouse of a deceased worker, divorce or legal separation. Reasonable accommodations must be made for in cases in which one's illness would not prove infectious or contagious. This area is gray. Random drug testing is not generally permitted unless there are justifiable safety or other special reasons.
Employers tend to have the right to screen applicants before hiring.
Courts appear to have a sliding scale of privacy while at work. Personal activity such as use of the rest room as compared to the lunch room is off limits and a locker as compared to a desk top is more private. He found whiskey bottles and beer cans in the home and fired the man. A sizeable number of states allow an employees to obtain or review their personnel files without filing a law suit. A regular review of how one's performance is viewed could prevent misunderstandings.