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…
Category: Workplace
Round-up of other some other privacy news this week
Great thanks to one of this blog’s regular readers for taking pity on me being knocked offline and sending me all of these wonderful links to privacy news that I missed: Lawyers Claim Montana Workers’ Compensation Investigators Violate Privacy Two Billings attorneys are asking the Montana Supreme Court to stop workers’ compensation investigators from practices…
NLRB Report Reviews Social Media Enforcement Actions
Boris Segalis writes: On August 18, 2011, the Associate General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or the “Board”) issued a report analyzing the Board’s recent social media enforcement actions. The report seeks to provide guidance to employers that want to ensure that their social media policies appropriately balance employee rights and company interests. Read…
German Higher Labor Court Permits Employers to Review Employees’ Emails
Hanno Timner writes: On February 16, 2011, the Higher Labor Court of Berlin-Brandenburg Germany ruled that an employer has the right to access and review work-related email correspondence of an employee during his/her absence from work (e.g. for reasons of illness or vacation). According to this ruling, such a review of the employee’s email is not…