Tristan Cork reports: A woman from Bristol has been awarded £3,000 in compensation after discovering Tesco had lost 15 years of her employment records, including sensitive medical information. Jacqueline Ogborne worked for the supermarket chain for 30 years but said the data breach left her ‘feeling violated’. The 55-year-old only discovered Tesco had lost her employment…
Category: Workplace
Phoenix Children’s Hospital sends email identifying unvaccinated employees
Kim Powell reports: Phoenix Children’s sent an email to nearly 370 employees, identifying them as exempt from the hospital’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate. “Wow, what pretty flagrant violation of the law. It’s impressive for how clear-cut it is,” said Alexander Kolodin, an attorney hired by a nurse on the email. “This is something that should never…
Investigation of E-911 Center reveals complaints of hostile workplace, medical privacy violations, missing public records
Keely Quinlan reports from Tennessee: Kerston Abbott worked at the Montgomery County E-911 Center for nine years before she quit in October 2020, taking a massive pay cut and giving up her county benefits. She said she never had any intention of leaving until Hope Petersen was appointed director of E-911 in January 2020, launching…
Legal Implications of Facebook Hearing for Whistleblowers & Employers – Privacy Issues on Many Levels
Rachel Popa, Jessica Scheck, and Chandler Ford write: On Sunday, October 3rd, Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen publicly revealed her identity on the CBS television show 60 Minutes. Formerly a member of Facebook’s civic misinformation team, she previously reported them to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for a variety of concerning business practices, including lying to investors and amplifying the…