Boris Segalis writes: Dan Or-Hof, a privacy and technology partner at the Israeli law firm Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer is reporting that a decision by Israel’s National Labor Court imposes severe restrictions on the employers’ ability to monitor employee emails. Organizations with employees in Israel must promptly take steps to verify that their employee monitoring…
Category: Workplace
PA: Bucks Schoolteacher Suspended Over Blog About Students
Brad Segall reports: The Central Bucks School District has suspended a high school English teacher after parents complained to administrators about her blog in which she railed on her students for more than a year. School district spokeswoman Carol Counihan says CB East teacher Natalie Munroe admitted to writing the blog, which has since been…
Worker fired over Facebook comment settles lawsuit
Aemon Malone reports: Dawnmarie Souza, a former employee of the American Medical Response of Connecticut, and the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) agreed to settle a lawsuit over Souza’s firing, which occurred after Souza used Facebook to criticize her boss. The NLRB took up the lawsuit last year, arguing that Souza’s Facebook comments were protected…
AU: Employers to be banned from monitoring staff’s email, Facebook and internet use
Renee Viellaris reports: Sneaky bosses who spy on personal emails are facing D-Day as state and federal politicians move to protect workers’ privacy. Queensland Attorney-General Cameron Dick said it was time to safeguard workers who unknowingly had their emails read and internet use monitored by unreasonable bosses. Companies are also monitoring social network sites and…