Jennifer Easton reports: Members of Sumner County’s teachers union say they’re prepared to go to court if the school board votes for a policy requiring educators to declare their union status. Board members voted 9-2 April 20 to defer the policy to a study session after questions came up about whether it violates teachers’ rights…
Category: Workplace
Use of Employer Systems for Personal Communications to Legal Counsel – How Should Employer Counsel Deal With “Hot” E-Mails?
Dan Michaluk writes: I made a half-baked comment in response to Omar’s April 4th post on the procedural issues in dealing with the communications that employees have with their legal counsel through employer e-mail systems. This is a post based on some “more baked” thoughts that I plan to incorporate into a book chapter under…
Fairfield Woman Claims Workplace Gene Discrimination After Breast-Cancer Test
Matthew Sturdevant reports: In a case that raises concerns about the handling of genetic and medical information, a Fairfield woman has filed a discrimination complaint after she had a voluntary double-mastectomy, then lost her job. Pamela K. Fink had the surgery last October after genetic tests suggested that she was at risk for breast cancer….
VT: Workers’ privacy under scrutiny
Peter Hirschfeld reports: Senate lawmakers have voted to halt the Douglas administration’s plans to monitor the web-viewing habits of thousands of state employees. In a unanimous voice vote this week, the Senate approved an amendment, attached to the budget bill, that would forbid human resources managers from tracking the Internet activity of Vermont employees working…