DAC Beachcroft writes: The use of hidden cameras did violate the right to privacy of employees who were dismissed for theft, according to the European Court of Human Rights. The facts A Spanish supermarket, MSA, identified discrepancies between stock levels and what was supposedly being sold in store. The monthly losses ranged from around €7,500…
Category: Workplace
Big Brother wants to force police to submit fingerprints to prove they showed up for work
Big Brother wants to force police to submit fingerprints to prove they showed up for work. Will cops now start caring more about privacy? What if the bosses decide that they want to use DNA?
Southwest Airlines Co. employees file suit over biometric information
Noddy A. Fernandez reports: Current employees of an airline company allege that their biometric identifiers are collected, captured and stored without informed written consent. Jennifer Miller, Scott Poole and Kevin England, individually and on behalf of a class of all other similarly situated, filed a complaint on Nov. 27 in the Cook County Circuit Court…
Can employers ask why you’re taking sick leave? That’s key in Maryland debate.
Fenit Nirappil and Josh Hicks report: The Maryland General Assembly is set to open its session this week with a fight over Gov. Larry Hogan’s veto of paid sick-leave legislation. And the battle has taken unusual turns. Hogan, a pro-business Republican, is lambasting a provision in the vetoed bill that allows businesses to ask workers…