Roberto Ghignone writes: Saskatchewan Government and General Employees Union v Unifor Local 481, 2015 CanLII 28482 (SK LA) A Saskatchewan labour arbitrator, Allen Ponak, was required to determine whether the Saskatchewan Government and General Employees Union (“SGEU”) could rely on emails between an employee and his wife sent through its email system to terminate him. Specifically, as evidence…
Category: Workplace
GA: Jury Awards $2.2M Verdict Against Food Storage Company in ‘Defecator’ DNA Case
Suzanne Monyak reports: A jury awarded a $2,225,000 verdict against a food storage company in federal court Monday afternoon, after the company was sued for violating the rights of two employees when it requested DNA samples to identify the mysterious individual leaving feces around its Atlanta warehouse. The verdict included $225,000 and $250,000 in compensation…
Connecticut Enacts Employee Online Privacy Law
Eric L. Sussman, Daniel L. Schwartz, and James M. Leva of Day Pitney LLP writes: On May 19, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy signed into law Public Act No. 15-6, titled “An Act Concerning Employee Online Privacy” (the act). The act applies to both employees and job applicants and prohibits employers from requiring or requesting employees…
State department worker accused of ‘sextortion’ arrested in Atlanta
Steve Visser reports: Federal agents arrested a State Department employee flying out of Atlanta this week and charged him with running a massive “sextortion” scam claiming he stole sexually explicit photos of young women from their Internet accounts and then blackmailed them for more sexual photos and videos. Michael C. Ford, a staffer at the…