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California lawmakers introduced numerous bills early in the 2025 legislative session that could affect California employment law in significant ways. Although it is too soon to predict which bills, if any, will advance, the...more
Employers that use tracking technology and artificial intelligence (AI) to monitor workers and make employment decisions may now have one more thing to worry about—the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA)....more
On October 24, 2024, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) issued a circular titled “Background Dossiers and Algorithmic Scores for Hiring, Promotion, and Other Employment Decisions.” In essence, the circular...more
On October 24, the CFPB issued Circular 2024-06, which warns companies using third-party consumer reports, particularly surveillance-based “black box” or AI algorithmic scores, that they must follow the Fair Credit Reporting...more
Reversing the National Labor Relations Board’s decision in Sterns Produce Company v. NLRB, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit rejected the Board’s reasoning that a company had engaged in unlawful surveillance...more
Employers that use artificial intelligence – and developers that create AI systems – could be subject to extensive new laws under several bills introduced by federal legislators. While much of the existing legal landscape on...more
The Korean Supreme Court has held that employees were justified in covering security cameras that had been installed without proper consultation....more
The pace of innovation is astounding—jarring, really. Sure, “Artificial Intelligence” has been a topic of public conversation for decades. Many of us remember when Deep Blue beat Garry Kasparov at chess in 1997, and when...more
Do companies that use workplace surveillance tools to make hiring and firing decisions risk violating the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA)? According to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) in a recent...more
The Israeli Privacy Protection Authority’s (PPA) recently published position on the monitoring of employees working remotely presents new guidelines and recommendations for employers that are building a system to perform such...more
In a decision relevant for employers utilizing video surveillance equipment in the workplace and those considering the installation of video cameras, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) concluded that an employer...more
Employers are increasingly leaning on technology to monitor employee productivity. Although the phenomenon is not new, the options for monitoring have certainly expanded. Now, businesses can choose from a wide variety of...more
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
Imagine this: a nurse leaves the operating room during spinal surgery to participate in a union action, the employer terminates the nurse, and the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) holds that the employer violated federal...more
The COVID-19 pandemic and the attendant shift toward remote work, together with recent technological advances, have drastically expanded the reach of employers' capacity to manage and monitor employees both in and outside of...more
As a part of our Quarterly Practice Group Update, we are pleased to produce our fifth installment highlighting examples of our continued success in the area of fraud litigation. This publication began as a one-time update;...more
The top lawyer from the National Labor Relations Board recently announced that agency investigators should target workplace surveillance and “algorithmic management” technologies that have a “tendency” to interfere with...more
I had a really interesting discussion with my students during class this week about employers’ use of electronic means to monitor employees. When I first started teaching Privacy Law at Roger Williams Law School eight or nine...more
Technology has revolutionized the workplace and has bolstered business operations and efficiency. Employers are increasingly using automated management systems and other electronic means to ensure that their workplaces are...more
Our blog post on Nanny Cams in the workplace turned out to be one of our most popular posts (makes us wonder what people are putting in the search bar?). So, we thought we would follow up with some more information for...more
On September 29, 2022, Governor Newsom signed AB 984 into law, allowing for digital license plates (i.e. “alternative devices”). The futuristic plates can display different messages in emergency situations and have built in...more
If you are considering using video cameras or other surveillance in your workplace, state law might have something to say about it. There are many reasons you might want to use video cameras in your workplace – employee...more
In today’s Warner Employment News From the Law Shanty, Steve Palazzolo speaks with Allyson Terpsma on the topic of employee surveillance. Although workplace productivity monitoring software programs have been around for the...more
Whether because of our new "work from home" world or advances in technology (or both), many employers now electronically monitor their employees in the workplace. A variety of electronic surveillance techniques are...more
The Irish Court of Appeal has handed down a decision (DPC v Doolin) relating to the alleged misuse of CCTV by an employer in disciplinary proceedings relating to an employee taking unauthorised breaks. In this case, the Court...more