Good news for jobseekers who like to brag about their drinking exploits on Facebook: A new law in Germany will stop bosses from checking out potential hires on social networking sites. They will, however, still be allowed to google applicants. […] According to reports in the Monday editions of the Die Welt and Süddeutsche Zeitung…
Category: Workplace
Lisa Marie Presley sacks cleaners for not signing privacy contract
Lisa Marie, daughter of Elvis Presley, has fired two cleaners at her English country mansion for not signing a bizarre privacy contract. They were ordered to leave within 48 hours of Michael Jackson’s ex-wife moving into the 8million pounds 11-bedroom pile. And the women were warned they would be hauled before an American judge and…
IL: Governor Quinn Signs Employee Credit Privacy Act
Alex de Leon reports: Governor Quinn signed the Employee Credit Privacy Act. It bans employers from using credit checks to determine whether to hire or promote a worker….. The law goes into effect on January 1, 2011. Read more on MyStateline.com
EFF Urges Supreme Court to Block NASA’s Invasive Background Checks
From EFF, an update on a long-running battle over employee background checks at NASA (links to some of the previous coverage on this case can be found in PogoWasRight.org’s archives, here): The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) urged the United States Supreme Court Monday to uphold an appeals court decision that blocks invasive and unnecessary background…