DSS Co Ltd, a Japanese firm that edits and processes digital maps based on survey data, started a service of recording the actions of factory workers for long hours and visualize them. The tools used for collecting the data are (1) the “ankle sensor” to be attached to the leg of a worker for recording…
Category: Workplace
Judge orders release of public pension data
California’s leading taxpayers’ rights group says the public scored a major legal victory this week when a judge ruled that a county’s pension records are not entirely confidential. The judge ruled that the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association and California Foundation for Fiscal Responsibility, a public pension watchdog group, are entitled to a list of names…
DHS requires more personal info from employees, contractors
The Homeland Security Department is updating and expanding its record collection to include new categories of personal information on all employees, contractors and volunteers who regularly need access to DHS facilities. The new categories of information include maiden name, mother’s maiden name, clearance level, identifying physical information, financial history, duty date and weapons-bearer designation, states…
Investigation into Bozeman hiring policy
When the Bozeman City recently rescinded its policy of requiring job applicants to provide their login details to social media sites, it might have seemed to be the end of that poorly thought-out policy. But the policy was in effect for three years, and now the Bozeman City Commission has voted to begin an investigation…