Some public employees’ workplace issues are still shielded from the public by employee privacy rights, but when you’re running for office, don’t be surprised when the press starts suing to get your records. Jeff Richardson of the Daily News-Miner reports: A Superior Court judge ruled on Saturday that most of the Fairbanks North Star Borough…
Category: Workplace
Manatee teachers union fights website rules
I tend to think that having clearly stated employee policies concerning social media use is a good thing. But can such policies go too far and step on privacy or free speech rights? A teachers’ association in Florida is claiming that that’s one such policy does. Christopher O’Donnell reports: A local teachers union is taking…
Canadian Forces won’t change access to staff records despite Williams case
Earlier today, I discussed the case of Colonel Russell Williams in the context of victims’ privacy, but there’s another aspect to his case that also relates to privacy. Mary Gazze reports: The Canadian Forces says it will not change the way it handles the private information of staff even after it was revealed Russell Williams…
Judge Blocks DOE from Releasing Teachers’ Names With Evaluation Data
Shayna Jacobs reports: The city cannot release the names of thousands of city teachers whose performances were rated in a Department of Education assessment until the matter is argued in court next month, a Manhattan judge ordered Thursday. The ruling came after an emergency lawsuit was filed by the teachers union in an attempt to…