Tim Cushing writes: More than 40 years after a law went on the books in New York allowing cops, firefighters, and corrections officers to have their disciplinary records hidden from the public, the NYPD suddenly decided to start following the law. For years, the NYPD gave journalists access to “Personnel Orders,” which detailed the outcomes of closed internal investigations….
Category: Workplace
This Won’t Hurt a Bit: Employee Temperature and Health Screenings – A List of Statewide Orders, as of June 8, 2020
From the law firm of Littler Mendelson: 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…
Addressing the COVID19 Risks of Your Third-Party Service Providers and Vendors
Joseph J. Lazzarotti of JacksonLewis provides some strategies or considerations for dealing with third-party providers and vendors to reduce or mitigate COVID-19 risks: … Depending on how organizations decide to approach the risks posed by third-party service providers or vendors, below is a checklist of items an organization might want to cover with respect to…
IE: Local TD accuses Health Service Executive of data breach over disclosure of workers medical data to employers
GBFM reports: The Data Protection Commission is examining complaints it has received in relation to Covid-19 test results being made available to employers before staff members. When there are mass screenings of workers – such as in factories – the results have sometimes been given to the employer before the workers. The issue was raised…