Manuel Valdes of Associated Press reports: A Democratic senator from Connecticut is writing a bill that would stop the practice of employers asking job applicants for their Facebook or other social media passwords, he told The Associated Press on Thursday. U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal said that such a practice is an “unreasonable invasion of privacy…
Category: Workplace
Judge: Search violated officer’s privacy
Sarah Eddington reports on a Louisiana case: A judge has ruled that evidence obtained after searching a former Monroe police officer’s desk should be suppressed because the search violated the officer’s expectation of privacy. Raul Johnson, the former Monroe police corporal currently under federal indictment on suspicion of selling stolen items on eBay, filed a…
Maryland and Illinois Introduce Bills to Limit Employer Access to Employees’ Social Networking Accounts
Laura Brookover writes: Lawmakers in Maryland and Illinois have introduced bills that would prohibit employers from requiring job applicants or employees to grant access to their social networking accounts. The bills arose from reports that employers have impliedly or explicitly required access to social networking accounts as a condition of hiring or employment. A few bills have been proposed…
FL: Drug-testing law on hold, headed for federal court
Bill Cotterell reports: A new law allowing state agencies to order random drug testing for their employees is on hold, while constitutional issues are argued in court. Gov. Rick Scott signed the drug-testing law on Monday. The American Civil Liberties Union called it unconstitutional Tuesday. And a labor union representing tens of thousands of state…