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    Default Workplace Cell Phone Restrictions and Privacy Rights

    My employer is concerned about cell phone usage during work hours, because some people made inappropriate calls or played games instead of working. Now we have to have our cell phone silenced and put away during our shifts, in a drawer or purse, and not out in the open. All calls to us during work hours have to come in through the work number.

    I have a medical issue, and don't want my employer to know the details. My employer will let me get calls at work for a medical issue, but I don't want them taking messages for me and I might not be available if they try to transfer a call. Do I have the right to use my cell phone?

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    Default Re: Workplace Cell Phone Restrictions and Privacy Rights

    Your employer can restrict you from using your cell phone at work. Your medical care providers are aware of your HIPAA rights and are highly unlikely to share more information than return contact information. If other people such as family members may call about this issue, the question comes up of why they would need to call you at work; but you can tell them not to leave messages.

    If there is bona fide urgency to the contact, such as your waiting for results from a critical health test, you can see if H.R. will allow you an exception from the general rule to accommodate your need to promptly receive the information. However, it would be an unusual situation in which you were able to work, but had a medical issue of such urgency that you could not wait until you were back at your desk or until the end of your shift before placing a return call.

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