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Posted on Aug 30, 2017 on Legal Updates, Privacy Rights by Robert G. Brody and Lindsay M. Rinehart
On August 1, 2017, a Wisconsin company became the first company in the United States to offer its employees microchip implants to log into company computers, use copy machines and even purchase food in the …
Posted on Nov 9, 2016 on Discrimination and Harassment, Legal Updates, News, Privacy Rights, Sexual Orientation by Robert G. Brody and Katherine M. Bogard
At the end of August, in State of Texas v. United States of America, a Texas federal court Judge, the Honorable Reed O’Connor, issued a 38 page order blocking the U.S. Department of Education’s guidance …
Posted on Dec 30, 2014 on Labor Management Issues, Legal Updates, NLRB, Privacy Rights, Published Articles, Social Media Policies by Robert G. Brody and Abby M. Warren
Over the last several years, we have been bombarded with cases from the National Labor Relations Board (“Board”) featuring employees bashing their employers on social media where the Board determined the speech was protected under …
Posted on Dec 30, 2014 on Legal Updates, Privacy Rights by Robert G. Brody
No one is surprised to hear another city passed a Ban the Box ordinance. On December 1, 2014, Missouri’s city of Columbia’s joined the movement. We have previously written about several Ban the Box laws …
Posted on Sep 30, 2014 on Discrimination and Harassment, Legal Updates, News, Privacy Rights, Social Media Policies by Robert G. Brody and Alexander Friedman
The social media privacy trend on which we have previously reported continues. Oklahoma, Louisiana, and Rhode Island became the latest states to restrict employers’ ability to check the social media profiles of their employees and …
Posted on Sep 30, 2014 on Discrimination and Harassment, Legal Updates, Privacy Rights by Robert G. Brody
New Jersey is the newest state to join the “Ban the Box” movement, an effort promoting legislation that limits inquiries about criminal history during the employment process. As we recently reported, some states are requiring …
Posted on May 23, 2014 on Legal Updates, Legislative Updates, Privacy Rights by Robert G. Brody
Since 2012, states have been passing laws restricting employers’ rights to request or require employees’ or applicants’ passwords to personal online accounts and social media accounts. Maryland and Illinois kicked off the trend which has …
Posted on Jun 28, 2013 on Disability, Discrimination and Harassment, Legal Updates, News, Privacy Rights by Robert G. Brody and Abby M. Warren
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) brought its first case involving an employment law violation under the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 (“GINA”). GINA is a law that protects Americans from being treated unfairly …
Posted on Jan 14, 2013 on Disability, Discrimination and Harassment, Family and Medical Leave Act, Legal Updates, News, Privacy Rights by Robert G. Brody and Rebecca Goldberg
If you’ve seen Ferris Bueller’s Day Off you know that just because someone calls in sick does not mean he or she actually is ill. Employers often demand documentation to justify absences due to sickness, …
Posted on Sep 20, 2012 on Discrimination and Harassment, Legal Updates, News, Privacy Rights, Published Articles, Sex, Sexual Orientation by Robert G. Brody and Abby M. Warren
Supreme Court Employment Law: Decisions Limit Employee Free Speech Rights Employers must also guard against ‘hostile work environment’ The Connecticut Law Tribune September 19, 2012 The latest Connecticut Supreme Court term included six major decisions …