From Bloomberg Law: A Virginia health-care system will have to answer claims that it is liable for its employees’ snooping into a patient’s confidential health information. A Virginia trial court shouldn’t have dismissed Lindsey Parker’s complaint alleging Carilion Healthcare Corp. and Carilion Clinic should be held liable for their employees’ wrongdoing, the Virginia Supreme Court…
Category: Workplace
Wendy’s faces lawsuit for unlawfully collecting employee fingerprints
Catalin Cimpanu reports: A class-action lawsuit has been filed in Illinois against fast food restaurant chain Wendy’s accusing the company of breaking state laws in regards to the way it stores and handles employee fingerprints. The lawsuit was filed on September 11, in a Cook County court, according to a copy of the complaint obtained…
Back-To-School Revolt in Springfield? Employees balk over using Google Drive as evidence of massive privacy breach mounts
Springfield Public Schools in Missouri may be in the early stages of what could become an all-out employee revolt. And if they are, some employees claim that the district has no one to blame but itself for not properly securing employee, student, and parent data even after they were warned of serious privacy breaches and…
No, you can’t make staff divulge their meds
John Wilcox reports: The EEOC has filed a lawsuit against a Texas employer that requires all its employees to report every medication they take, both prescription and over-the-counter drugs. Oncor Electric Delivery Co. in Dallas made every employee agree in writing to abide by a medication disclosure policy requiring them to reveal “all medications” that…