Which of the Following Statements About Public Employees' Rights Is

question 23

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements about public employees' rights is INCORRECT?

• A) While investigating charges of sexual harassment and malfeasance of one of its doctors, a state hospital cannot search his desk.
• B) There is no mention of privacy in the Constitution
• C) In contrast to the federal government, more than a dozen states have provided significant protection for the privacy of their homosexual employees.
• D) In 1986, President Reagan established by executive order the federal government drug-testing program -- thing giving a great deal of discretion to agency heads regarding who will be tested.
• E) Public employers can set aside the individual's right to free speech if they can show that their ability to function properly and provide effective services is severely threatened.

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