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…
Category: Workplace
Federal Court Permits Former Employees’ Data Breach Claims to Move Forward
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. …
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…