This was bound to happen…
Cassano, who worked for North Shore Veterinary Surgery, said she “was placed in dire jeopardy of having her identity stolen� and refused to provide her SSN. She was then terminated.
The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed a lower court decision that favored the employer writing, “There is no doubt that laws requiring employers to collect SSNs of employees have a rational basis.�
The court has a point of course, her employer needs to know her SSN for at least her Social Security tax information, they have reasonable right to demand it or fire her.
Her argument of course should be that she would be willing to share it only after her employeer has taking adequate steps to secure the information. Currently there is no such laws that dictate what digital or physical security must be followed by employeers to secure an employees information.
I think this should change very quickly with laws similar to health records.