Thomas Kaplan reports: Lawmakers and labor unions on Monday pointedly criticized a secret decision by Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo’s administration to greatly expand the state inspector general’s access to tax returns filed by state employees. The State Department of Taxation and Finance signed an agreement last month with the inspector general’s office to allow dozens…
Category: Workplace
IL: Bill would ban employers asking for personal passwords
WJBC reports: Businesses may soon be banned from requiring potential employees to divulge their social media passwords, for sites such as Facebook and Twitter, during the hiring process. State Rep. La Shawn Ford (D-Chicago) said getting access to an applicant’s account not only gives employers access to personal social information but sometimes sensitive banking information…
OR: State workers upset about getting emails at home
Dennis Thompson Jr. reports: Some Oregon state workers are shocked and angry that a key legislator gained access to their home email addresses through public records requests with state agencies. A number of state employees received an email at home last week from Rep. Dennis Richardson, R-Central Point, who asked them to participate in a…
UK: Independent scrutiny of database will not breach privacy rights, High Court says
A trade union has been ordered to let an independent expert examine its computer database to try to identify anonymous users of a forum it operated who allegedly defamed and harassed an airline pilot. The High Court said its order was both necessary and proportionate and rejected claims made by the Unite union that the…