Jeffrey M. Schlossberg writes: A data breach occurs in which an outside individual obtains your company’s employees’ W-2 forms including social security numbers, addresses, and salary information. As a result, your company notifies all affected employees, explains what occurred, and offers a complimentary two-year membership to a service that helps detect misuse of personal information. …
Category: Workplace
Big Brother Isn’t Just Watching: Workplace Surveillance Can Track Your Every Move
Olivia Solon reports: How can an employer make sure its remote workers aren’t slacking off? In the case of talent management company Crossover, the answer is to take photos of them every 10 minutes through their webcam. The pictures are taken by Crossover’s productivity tool, WorkSmart, and combine with screenshots of their workstations along with…
Federal Judge Sues Judicial Conference Over Forced Mental Health Evaluation
Cogan Schneier reports: A federal judge sued the federal judiciary’s policymaking body Thursday, alleging its panel on disabilities violated his Fifth Amendment rights by ordering him to undergo a psychiatric evaluation. U.S District Judge John Adams filed the lawsuit in federal court in Washington, D.C., against the Judicial Conference of the United States’ Committee on…
European court rules companies must tell employees of email checks
Reuters reports: Companies must tell employees in advance if their work email accounts are being monitored and such checks must not unduly infringe workers’ privacy, the European Court of Human Rights ruled on Tuesday. In a judgment in the case of a man fired 10 years ago for using a work messaging account to communicate…