Privacy

When the $#@& hits the GINA fan …

07/08/2015

You may have heard about homeowners’ associations and towns demanding DNA tests when a pooch does his business on someone else’s lawn or in a public park. That’s fine for canines and their owners. But when an employer tried the same thing, the law intervened.

Workers: Don’t monitor me!

06/23/2015

More than half of working people polled don’t want their bosses snooping on them. Asked how important they considered not being monitored at work, here’s what respondents said.

Wearables at work: Big data or Big Brother?

06/18/2015

The ability to acquire biometric data is growing all the time, and yes, it will create employment law problems.

24/7 monitoring on company cellphone prompts lawsuit

05/18/2015

A California sales executive is suing her employer after she was fired for disabling an app on her company-provided iPhone that tracked her whereabouts even during nonwork hours.

How can we structure a policy that lets us search employees’ belongings?

05/04/2015

Q. I am worried that some of my employees are storing illicit or illegal items at work. Is there a way for me to legally search their belongings?

Get the Most Out of Exit Interviews

04/25/2015

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Remind supervisors: What you say in emails can and will be used against you in court!

02/02/2015

If an employer is sued for discrimination, harassment or retaliation, chances are all emails related to the employee will be shared with the employee’s attorneys. Anything said in those emails can then be used against you to prove discrimination—or that you tried to set up the employee for discharge because she filed a discrimination complaint.

Protect against data breach, cyber attack

01/26/2015

In December, Sony Pictures became the latest high-profile business victim of data theft. In addition to the threats of violence related to the release of its feature film, “The Interview,” the company faces several federal class action lawsuits by employees claiming that their private information had been impermissibly disclosed online. In the wake of this crisis, employers should consider the following issues

NLRB narrows employer limitations on workplace communications

01/21/2015

A recent ruling may force employers to change their policies restricting private emails.

Employee on workers’ comp refuses to take a drug test: Is it legal to terminate him?

01/14/2015