Under new legislation that came into effect on January 1, German employers must now submit their employees’ income data to a government-sponsored central mainframe. The database is believed to form part of Germany’s largest ever data acquisition program. Employers must now send information monthly to the so-called ELENA database regarding workers’ contributions to Germany’s social…
Category: Workplace
Pennsylvania Walmart Sued for Videotaping Employees, Customers in Bathroom
Nathalie Tadena reports: A Pennsylvania Walmart Supercenter videotaped employees and customers in a unisex bathroom, several former and current Walmart employees alleged in a lawsuit filed this week. Seven former and current employees from the Tire and Lube department at the Walmart in Easton, Pa., filed a lawsuit in county court against the Arkansas-based corporation…
Confidential Hot Line Apparently Wasn’t
Emmalee Abel reports: A manager says she was fired 3 hours after she complained to a “purportedly anonymous” company Web site about sexist and racist harassment by one of the company’s owners. Michelle Miller says she oversaw operations of all 15 Wireless @ Work offices until she reported co-owner Steve Unversaw’s behavior with women and…
OH: Teachers’ data are private, union says
Catherine Candisky updates us all on a case that pits a teachers’ union against the state’s Republican Party. The head of Ohio’s largest teachers union told a judge yesterday that releasing the names, addresses and other personal information of licensed teachers, administrators and school staff puts their safety and privacy at risk. “Acts of violence,…