Larry Celona, Bernadette Hogan, and Bruce Golding report: New York court workers must be rehired — and given back pay with interest — if they were fired because they refused to get the COVID-19 vaccine, the state’s Public Employment Relations Board has ruled. Under terms of the decision issued last month, the Unified Court System must immediately “cease and…
Category: Workplace
Ford’s Request of Employee Family Medical Histories Violates Illinois Law, Class Action Alleges
A class action alleges Ford Motor Company unlawfully asks applicants and employees to provide their family medical histories and then uses this information to make employment decisions. Kelly Mehorter reports: The 16-page case more specifically claims Ford has run afoul of the Illinois Genetic Information Privacy Act (GIPA), a state law designed to protect residents…
As White Castle Faces $17 Billion Fine For Privacy Violations, Other Employers Should Beware
Marc C. Lombardi of Shipman & Goodman writes: As employers explore new ways to store and process biometric employee information, a new decision by the Illinois Supreme Court should cause them to exercise extreme caution when doing so. The case, Cothron v. White Castle, relates to a federal class action law suit raising issues under the…
Acting Pennsylvania Attorney General Henry Secures $400,000 Settlement with DNA Diagnostics Center Stemming from Data Breach
HARRISBURG – Acting Attorney General Michelle A. Henry today announced a settlement with DNA Diagnostics Center – one of the world’s largest private DNA-testing companies offering diagnostic and genetic testing to help answer relationship, fertility, and health questions – after a data breach exposed the social security numbers of 12,663 Pennsylvanians who were subject to genetic testing…