Neasa MacEarlean reports: Data protection is emerging as one of the main areas in which organisations need advice in the robotics sector – in areas ranging from the surveillance of staff at work to the use of cameras in drones and data retained by driverless cars. In the launch issue of Robotics Law Journal, drone lawyer…
Category: Workplace
Quinlan revisited: employees who steal personnel records may not necessarily be fired, but at least they may be prosecuted
Keith J. Rosenblatt and David K. Broderick of Littler Mendelson write: Five years ago, in Quinlan v. Curtiss-Wright Corporation, the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled that a trusted employee’s act of stealing and using her employer’s confidential personnel documents in furtherance of her discrimination lawsuit constituted protected activity under the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination (“LAD”).1 On…
Ca: Contentious union finance disclosure bill violates privacy laws, critics say
Shelby Thom reports: Do you belong to a union? Ever wonder where all your union dues go? Soon, you’ll be able to look it up online. The bill, first introduced by White Rock Conservative backbencher Russ Hiebert four years ago, passed in the Senate Tuesday. The bill requires unions to publicly disclose all transactions over…
EEOC Answers Some Questions About Wellness Programs
Robert W. Small writes: The Americans with Disabilities Act prohibits discrimination in the workplace based on an employee’s disability where a qualified employee can perform the essential functions of a job with or without reasonable accommodation. The ADA prohibits employers from soliciting medical information from employees which could be used to discriminate on the basis…