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…
Category: Workplace
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…
This is how your company’s HR department manipulates and spies on you — even when you’re not at work
Glynis Sweeney reports on how human resource departments may surveill employees… and how employees who use their own devices for work may find their devices totally wiped: The most common reason companies give for installing device management software is that it allows them to wipe out all the data on the phone if it is…
Apple faces U.S. class-action lawsuit by employees over bag searches
Dan Levine reports: Apple Store employees who sued Apple Inc (AAPL.O) over bag searches at the iPhone maker’s 52 brick and mortar outlets in California had their case certified as a class-action by a federal judge on Thursday. The ruling, from U.S. District Judge William Alsup in San Francisco, is part of a 2013 lawsuit…