Podcast Episode 181: Making Audio Content Work for Your Firm
[WEBINAR] Exploring the CPRA’s Investigatory Privilege
Judge Learned Hand, American Idol?
It has been a particularly busy year on the labor and employment law front. To learn more about the major challenges employers face and developments your organization needs to address before year's end, we encourage you to...more
Perhaps you’ve asked an employee to take notes during a Zoom meeting, but they complained the task is difficult to manage while collaborating with teammates. Maybe you intended to document everything that transpired during an...more
Q: One of my employees has reported that another employee is recording all of their conversations. It makes everyone uncomfortable. What am I supposed to do about this?...more
More and more, employers have considered using surveillance within the workplace, whether it is to prevent theft, measure productivity, or simply monitor what employees are doing when they are on the clock. While these are...more
A sales adviser of an exclusive car dealer proved to be overly enthusiastic when he confided to a customer, in a phone call during working hours, that he was starting out for himself "in the background" and asked the customer...more
It is becoming increasingly common for employees in the Netherlands to record the smartphone conversations they have with their employers in order to collect evidence, exert some pressure, or for use in court proceedings,...more
In AT&T Mobility LLC , 370 NLRB No. 121 (2021), the NLRB majority (Members Ring and Emanuel) held that the Employer could lawfully maintain a workplace policy prohibiting its workers from recording conversations with their...more
In the recent decision of Commonwealth v. Mason, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court held that a nanny did not have a reasonable expectation of privacy while working inside the home of her employer. Thus, the employer’s decision...more
Disinformation and “deepfakes” pose growing threats to the private sector. Already, disinformation has been weaponized to harm brands, move markets, and undermine trust in companies and industries. One recent study estimated...more
For all their recent excellence and success, the NBA’s Golden State Warriors have developed something of a tedious routine. ...more
La Ley Orgánica 3/2018, de 5 de diciembre, de Protección de Datos y Garantía de Derechos Digitales incluye novedades importantes desde una perspectiva laboral. PRINCIPALES NOVEDADES - ..Derecho a la Desconexión Digital...more
The Spanish Digital Rights Act includes new rights and monitoring developments relevant to both employers and employees. KEY FOCUS AREAS - ..Digital disconnection rights ..Employees’ and employers’ rights relating to the...more
In this episode of The Proskauer Brief, partners Harris Mufson and Howard Robbins conduct the first part in a series of podcasts entitled, “Can My Employees Do That?” In this installment, Harris and Howard discuss workplace...more
Can an employee secretly record conversations with a co-worker, supervisor, human resources manager or executive and use that recording in a claim or lawsuit against his/her employer? ...more
Increasingly, stories are appearing in the news about employees who have secretly recorded their colleagues and supervisors at work. It may come as a surprise that such recordings may be completely legal. The ease with which...more
Workplace recordings have made headlines in recent weeks. For example, Omarosa Manigault-Newman publicly played a recording of a meeting with her then-boss, White House Chief of Staff John Kelly, to bolster her claim that he...more
California court: Employers unwise to permit use of company telephones for personal calls — at least if the employer plans to record those calls. Two-party consent means two-party consent: All parties to a call must be...more
Q. Can employers prevent employees from recording conversations in the workplace. A. Sometimes. As technology continues to advance, so does the likelihood that everything you say and do is being recorded, even in the...more
Credibility matters in many employer-employee interactions. Hiring or promotion decisions may be made, in part, based on a candidate’s apparent trustworthiness. Internal investigations seek to determine who to believe. Jobs...more
On June 1, the Second Circuit issued a summary order in Whole Foods Market Group, Inc. v. NLRB, affirming the National Labor Relations Board’s order in Whole Foods Market, Inc., 363 NLRB No. 87 (2015), where the Board found...more
Can employees record conversations at the workplace without the consent of the speakers? Or, can an employer enforce a policy that prohibits employees from recording conversations at work unless they have the consent of all...more
As one of his last official actions in 2014, outgoing Illinois Governor Pat Quinn signed Senate Bill 1342, which amends the Illinois eavesdropping law that the Illinois Supreme Court found unconstitutional early in 2014....more
2014 was another busy year for developments in whistleblowing and retaliation law in New Jersey. This blog post summarizes noteworthy state and federal cases for employers to consider in the new year....more
The Illinois Supreme Court recently issued two opinions that together invalidated Illinois’ eavesdropping statute, 720 ILCS 5/14-2. The statute, which is part of the Illinois Criminal Code, prohibits a person from “knowingly...more