Harrison Christian reports: A childcare centre must pay a former employee $3000 in damages for breaching her privacy by giving her a bad job reference which saw her miss out on a job. The Human Rights Review Tribunal ordered Katui Early Childhood Learning Centre in Northland to pay Dana Gin-Cowan $3000 for humiliation, loss of dignity and injury…
Category: Workplace
AU: Job applicants forced to give blood tests, waive privacy rights to work on Shell’s QGC project
George Roberts reports: A company working on the Shell-owned Queensland Gas Corporation (QGC) project has told job applicants they will not be accepted until they submit to blood tests to check if they are at risk of heart attack, high cholesterol and other conditions. The recruitment subcontractor, SNC Lavalin, has made potential employees sign a…
Tech Companies Seek India Govt’s Help For Solving Aadhaar-PF linking Issue of Employees
Aman Rawat reports: Following a tussle between employees and employers regarding the linking of Aadhaar number with provident fund (PF) accounts, a group of technology and back end companies has turned to the government seeking help on the clarification of norms related to Aadhaar linking with PF accounts. In March 2018, a data breach through Employees’…
WA: Yakima School District drug screening records subject of lawsuit
Janelle Retka reports: The Yakima School District has filed a lawsuit in Yakima County Superior Court seeking permission to withhold confidential employee medical information in a public records request — some of which had already been released. The case, which involves drug screening paperwork for district employees and job applicants, raises questions about the state’s…