Legal Question in Employment Law in Georgia
I was terminated from a job. I was not allowed to get my purse and boxed items from my desk. The department manager had a supervisor bring me my items. After I left, management cleaned out my former desk. There was a personal journal that my co-worker and I shared locked in the drawer of my desk, which did not have our names on the outside cover; only on the inside content. My employer did not return this item to me. Instead the journal was read, given to the other co-worker and the department manager made comments that proved she definitely read the material. There was no company information written anywhere inside of this journal. Was this legal and can the employer be sued for any violations?
1 Answer from Attorneys
Generally, you have no expectation of privacy for items left in your employers's desk, or on their computer, phones, etc.
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