Andrew Harris reports: The luxury aviation business owned by Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. was accused in a lawsuit of illegally snooping on its unionized pilots during a labor dispute. NetJets Inc. officials gained access to the pilots’ private message board and in a September meeting a company lawyer revealed she had “multiple pages of…
Category: Workplace
Banks must consider staff relations when turning to ‘big data’ to identify potential misconduct, says expert
Out-Law.com reports: According to a report by the Financial Times, some banks have begun monitoring traders’ performance against the number of times they use internal communications systems. The purpose of this monitoring is to identify whether traders are covertly contacting clients and illegally profiting from doing so, it said. Banks are also monitoring mobile phone use…
PA: Easton School Board Members Asked To Resign Following Snooping Scandal
Syma Chowdhry reports: Three school board members have been asked to resign after a school employee was charged with spying. At a press conference held Monday night, school board members said they will not resign. “Disconnect, lack of trust, paranoia.” That’s how the Northampton County DA describes the relationship between the Easton Area School District…
NJ: Justices Mull Prosecution of Whistleblowers for Taking Documents
Michael Booth reports: The New Jersey Supreme Court is considering whether whistleblowers can be criminally prosecuted if they steal or copy confidential documents from their employers to bolster their lawsuits. A lawyer representing a former school board clerk, who is charged with stealing hundreds of board documents to further her discrimination suit, asked the court…