Antoinette Konz reports: Some Jefferson County teachers are upset after their names were included without their knowledge in a political advertisement sent to approximately 50,000 voters by the Jefferson County Teachers Association. The advertisement – mailed by Better Schools Kentucky, the union’s political action committee – uses the name of 14 award winning teachers in Jefferson…
Category: Workplace
New Hampshire Protects Job Applicants’ Social Media and Email Privacy
Thomas Ahearn summarizes a law that went into effect in New Hampshire on September 30: House Bill 1407 (HB 1407) – prohibits employers in the state from requiring employees or job applicants to disclose social media or electronic mail passwords. The final version of HB 1407 is available at http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/legislation/2014/HB1407.html. Signed by New Hampshire Governor Maggie Hassan,…
CBC radio host fired after private conduct became media fodder
The host of CBC’s radio show, Q, has been fired by the CBC after media reports suggesting he has been accused by three women of non-consensual sexual acts. On his Facebook page, Jian Ghomeshi, does not deny what might strike some as offensive sexual practices, but insists that it was always consensual. Somewhat naively, he…
US Must Adopt Balancing Test to Protect Employee Data
William Hamilton reports: Jason R. Baron used his keynote address at the LawTech Euro Conference 2014 in Prague today to call for greater data use transparency from U.S. businesses. Addressing 500+ attendees, Baron asserted that the compelling business need to deploy powerful predictive analytics to effectively accomplish information governance requires a corresponding informed consent from employees. Baron, of…