Kelly Dickson and Paul Kirton of Macpherson Kelley write: Heralded a “win for the little, the ordinary people” and a “lesson to all businesses”, Australia’s first privacy class action settlement has been approved by the NSW Supreme Court. Professor George Newhouse, who led the class action against the NSW Government with client Tracy Evans, was…
Category: Workplace
NZ: Woman awarded $3k in damages after bad job reference ‘breached privacy’
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…
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’…