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evan_ on April 30, 2013 | parent | context | favorite | on: Illinois moves to legalise employer access to work...

> They can't fire you for not giving up the password, but they can sure find a different reason to fire you.

If you work for an employer who does not care about the law, then the law is not going to affect them, this is correct.

tptacek on April 30, 2013 [–]

Not true! The employer is going to have to care about the law, because it is very cheap for a terminated employer to get an attorney to bring a case under this statute.

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