Evan Brown summarizes a workplace privacy case where the courts really aligned with the employer: A Georgia court held that an employee using a personal laptop to conduct business for a competitor did not have an invasion of privacy claim when his employer busted him at work using the laptop to send email. Plaintiff-employee worked…
Category: Workplace
CT: Was The Derby Middle School Search Legal?
Eugene Driscoll reports: Law and labor experts said Derby Middle School principal’s Sally Bonina’s search of an employee’s computer bag was legal — but warned the criminal case against a middle school dean isn’t necessarily open and shut. “There are issues that can be brought up on both sides as to the admissibility of the…
Ca: Secret school camera angers staff
Dave Battagello reports: The public school board admitted Tuesday it secretly installed surveillance equipment in a teachers’ staff room at Queen Elizabeth public school in Leamington as part of a “personnel” investigation. Teachers and union leaders, who learned of the surveillance activity last week, called it a disturbing breach of privacy and a violation of…
NY: GPS used to track fired state worker raises privacy issue
Rick Karlin reports: How far can state government go in keeping tabs on its employees? That’s the question a mid-level appeals court will consider in the wake of a lawsuit filed by the New York Civil Liberties Union against the state Labor Department, in the case of a fired state worker who was tracked with…