Rong-Gong Lin II reports: Los Angeles County officials are taking steps to keep secret the names and salaries of some highly paid county employees, saying they need more time to comply with public records law to protect workers who claim that disclosure could put them at risk. The response came after The Times asked for…
Category: Workplace
Lawsuit filed over AnMed’s required flu shot policy
Mike Ellis reports: Bertha Hunter has not had a flu shot in her life and she doesn’t intend to get one just because AnMed Health is requiring all its employees to get one. Hunter, an AnMed Health employee, is suing the Anderson healthcare company on grounds that the hospital’s mandatory shots are a violation of…
Texas teacher resigns after posting blog with personal student info
Melissa B. Taboada reports: A first grade teacher at Pillow Elementary School resigned this month after she was confronted by district officials who accused her of posting personal information about her students on her blog, a violation of the federal student privacy rights statute. (The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act — more commonly known…
Pa. Teachers’ Union Loses Address Privacy Case
Mark Scolfaro reports: A Pennsylvania appeals court on Friday threw out a lawsuit filed by the state’s largest teachers’ union that sought to prevent public disclosure of public school employees’ home addresses. Commonwealth Court ruled against the Pennsylvania State Education Association, which sued the state Office of Open Records to keep it from ordering the…