Kristof Van Quathem of Covington & Burling writes: On September 30, 2020, the French Court of Cassation (“Court”) ruled in favor of an employer that dismissed an employee because of the contents of a Facebook post (the decision is available here, in French). In particular, the employee in this case posted a photograph of a new…
Category: Workplace
Waitress says her private sex tape was leaked by her coworkers on Facebook
Samira Sadeque reports: A North Carolina woman is reportedly suing her former employer after her coworkers shared sexually explicit videos of her on social media. The woman, who was a waitress at the Firebirds Wood Fired Grill in Charlotte, North Carolina, is suing the restaurant for $100,000 in damages, according to Charlotte-based radio service WBT. She…
This Won’t Hurt a Bit: Employee Temperature and Health Screenings – A List of Statewide Orders
From Littler: Governors and public health officials across the country have implemented stringent measures to help contain the spread of COVID-19, such as safer at home and face covering mandates. Some jurisdictions also require employers to screen the health of employees, often as they begin a shift. These health screening steps, including temperature checks, have…
Defendant had no reasonable expectation of privacy in his employer’s information he was accused of taking
FourthAmendment.com highlights a court opinion out of Massachusetts: Defendant is charged with accessing and taking his employer’s information for the purpose of setting up a rival company doing the same thing. His motion to suppress the information is denied because he has no reasonable expectation of privacy in it. United States v. Yu, 2020 U.S….