Nick McCann reports on a case that made me blink: A group of Washington strippers and club managers do not have to disclose their personal information requested by a man who wants to pray for them, a federal judge ruled. Tacoma resident David Van Vleet filed a Public Records Act request with the Pierce County auditor…
Category: Workplace
Maine enacts law to protect applicants’ and employees’ social media privacy
BIG reports: The law, which will go into effect on October 15, 2015, applies to all employers, both public and private. Among the restrictions placed on employers is the prohibition of requiring, coercing or requesting applicant’s or employee’s to disclose a personal social media account. Furthermore, employers cannot discharge, discipline or penalize an existing employee,…
B.C. was free to post 2 investigative reports online: privacy watchdog
Lindsay Kines reports: Despite its claims to the contrary, the B.C. government was free to post two investigative reports online — one on the Health Ministry firings and another on the overpayment of executives at Kwantlen Polytechnic University — the office of B.C.’s privacy commissioner says. Elizabeth Denham’s office states in a recent letter to…
FDNY Deputy Chief to lose pay for 50 days as penalty for role in leaking personnel data
Ginger Adams Otis reports: The FDNY has censured one of its top-ranked chiefs with a 50-day pay loss — a penalty for his role in a long-running leaking scandal that set the department on edge. FDNY Deputy Chief Paul Mannix, a 27-year veteran on the force, agreed to accept the penalty, according to a department…