News & Analysis as of

Employee Privacy Rights Employer Liability Issues Corporate Counsel

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Workplace Recordings and Eavesdropping: Limiting Criminal and Legal Liabilities

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on

The ubiquity of smartphones and sensitive security cameras have made audio recording in the workplace more common. Some may be accidental, while other recordings may be intentional attempts document workplace conversations...more

Bennett Jones LLP

When is Recording at Work Grounds for Dismissal? A Case of Nuance and Context

Bennett Jones LLP on

In an age where technology makes recording conversations easy and common, a recent wrongful dismissal case (Wan v H&R Block Canada Inc., 2024 ABKB 734) raises important questions about privacy, workplace ethics and the...more

Epstein Becker & Green

Deyerler v. HireVue Expands Biometric Privacy Law to AI Video Interview Platform

A recent decision from the Northern District of Illinois highlights new legal hurdles for employers using AI-powered video interview technologies under Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA), 740 ILCS 14/15.  In...more

Burr & Forman

Are you properly protecting your employees' personal information?

Burr & Forman on

If they have not already, employers should take steps now to properly protect the personal information of their employees. The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals’ decision in Ramirez v. Paradies Shops, LLC clarifies that...more

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,...

New York State Bill Proposed to Restrict Electronic Monitoring, Automated Employment Decision Tools

Under a recently introduced bill, employers across New York State could face new restrictions on the electronic surveillance of workers and the growing use of automated decision-making and artificial intelligence (AI)...more

Littler

Finalization of Regulations Clears the Path for Employers to Complete California Privacy Rights Act Compliance Efforts Before June...

Littler on

After months of uncertainty, the rulemaking process for the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA), the first-ever comprehensive U.S. data privacy law applicable to human resources data (“HR Data”), concluded on March 29,...more

Morgan Lewis

Beijing Courts Find WeChat Records Inadmissible if Recovered Without Employee Consent

Morgan Lewis on

As the data protection regime in China continues to evolve, so do the individual privacy rights of employees. A Beijing appellate court recently rejected an employer’s ability to use—without the employee’s informed...more

Fisher Phillips

U.S. Company’s Mandatory Video Surveillance Violated Dutch Remote Workers’ Fundamental Right to a Private Life

Fisher Phillips on

A U.S.-based employer faced legal consequences after it terminated a remote employee in the Netherlands who refused to keep his camera on for the whole nine-hour workday. The Dutch Court held that the dismissal of the...more

Fisher Phillips

Workplace Law Forecast 2023 - Legal predictions to help you prepare for the coming year in workplace law

Fisher Phillips on

It’s never easy to make accurate predictions about what we might expect to see in the workplace in the coming year. After all: - At the start of 2020, no one could have predicted COVID-19. - None of us had heard the phrase...more

Fisher Phillips

Comprehensive FAQs For Employers on Hurricanes and Other Workplace Disasters: 2022 Edition

Fisher Phillips on

This detailed set of Frequently Asked Questions, fully updated for 2022, addresses the workplace-related issues facing employers in the wake of hurricane-related disasters. In addition to legal obligations you need to...more

Polsinelli

CPRA and Employee Data – What Businesses Need to Know

Polsinelli on

The California Privacy Rights Act (“CPRA”) comes into force on January 1, 2023, and will amend and extend the privacy rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”).  Assuming no further applicable extensions or...more

Akerman LLP - HR Defense

The Boss is Watching – But Many States Impose Requirements for Surveillance at Work

With the rise of remote work, employers are increasingly considering measures to monitor employee’s work, whether for security purposes, or to monitor productivity. But employers take note: some states are starting to weigh...more

Littler

California Privacy Rights Act for Employers: Vendor Contracting Requirements

Littler on

This is the fourth in a series of articles about the implications of the California Privacy Rights Act for employers. The impending January 1, 2023 effective date of the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) has created a...more

Littler

New Jersey Joins the Trend of Increasing Privacy Protections for an Employee’s Location

Littler on

In the last few years, a flurry of state privacy legislation has bolstered protections for everything from biometric data to rights of deletion. Location data is no exception. The latest statute, New Jersey’s Assembly Bill...more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

Forensic Search of Employee's Work Computer Leads to Retaliation Claim

Companies are increasingly using sophisticated forensic tools to review employee computer use. These searches can reveal violations of company policies relating to computer use, confidential information disclosure, or...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

CDC Expands Guidance On Informed Consent To Support Workplace SARS-CoV-2 Testing

Jackson Lewis P.C. on

As employers continue to grapple with a safe return to the workplace, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued new guidance for businesses and employers on SARS-CoV-2 testing of employees, as part of a...more

Littler

New State Employment Laws Set to Take Effect on January 1, 2021

Littler on

As employers continue to grapple with the ever-changing legal landscape of COVID-era regulations, 2021 will bring changes to the traditional realm of employment law in dozens of jurisdictions.  Compared to prior years, there...more

Fisher Phillips

July 2020: The Top 17 Labor And Employment Law Stories

Fisher Phillips on

It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law. While the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace, there have been an unprecedented number of changes for the past few years—and this past month...more

Fisher Phillips

An Employer’s Guide To The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) During The COVID-19 Era

Fisher Phillips on

The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) had only been in effect for a short time before the COVID-19 pandemic struck, raising a host of new privacy challenges for employers in the midst of trying to comply with an entirely...more

Payne & Fears

Employers Beware: Preparing for the Inevitable Flood of COVID-Related Lawsuits

Payne & Fears on

As states lift their “stay-at-home” orders, employers who have struggled to survive the economic toll of the COVID-19 crisis now face a new threat: uncertain legal liability in a post-COVID market. As we transition away from...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Updated EEOC COVID-19 Guidance: The Commission Officially Sanctions Employer Use Of COVID-19 Testing

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on

Seyfarth Synopsis: In its latest update to guidance for employers in the COVID-19 pandemic, the EEOC has now clarified that employers can test employees for COVID-19 without running afoul of the Americans With Disabilities...more

Pullman & Comley - Labor, Employment and...

EEOC Issues More Guidance on ADA and the Coronavirus

The EEOC has, yet again, revised its guidance on the ADA and the Coronavirus in the workplace. In an expanded Q&A, the EEOC provides further guidance designed to protect employees’ medical information and prevent...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

EEOC Issues Updated Guidance on COVID-19 and Federal Disability Discrimination Laws

- The COVID-19 pandemic presents challenges for employers trying to protect their workforce from the spread of the virus, while also protecting the privacy of employee medical information. - The EEOC has issued new guidance...more

Littler

Frequently Asked Questions on Workplace Privacy and COVID-19

Littler on

As COVID-19 continues to spread throughout the United States, employers that currently have employees reporting into their facility each day are being forced to consider stringent measures to protect the health and safety of...more

Franczek P.C.

There’s Guidance for That: EEOC Reminds Employers of Pandemic Guidance As Coronavirus Threat Grows

Franczek P.C. on

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) released a news alert yesterday addressing the impact of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Rehabilitation Act on employers’ responses to a potential...more

39 Results
 / 
View per page
Page: of 2

"My best business intelligence, in one easy email…"

Your first step to building a free, personalized, morning email brief covering pertinent authors and topics on JD Supra:
*By using the service, you signify your acceptance of JD Supra's Privacy Policy.
- hide
- hide