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NLRB Pushes Schools to Release Student Information to Unions: Navigating Privacy Considerations in Light of Recent Guidance

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Private colleges and universities employing student workers face the unique challenge of balancing privacy obligations and a growing push from federal labor authorities to release student information to unions. Recent...more

Barnea Jaffa Lande & Co.

When May an Employer Monitor Employees Working Remotely?

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

Laner Muchin, Ltd.

Illinois Supreme Court Holds A Violation Of BIPA Occurs And Accrues With Each Scan

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The Illinois Supreme Court recently held in Cothron v. White Castle System, Inc., No. 128004 that a violation of the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (the “Act” or “BIPA”) occurs and accrues every time a scan of a...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Illinois’s Biometric Law Damages Are Ballooning: How Do Employers Become and Stay Compliant?

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One of the more significant Illinois legal developments in the past month were two Illinois Supreme Court orders interpreting the state’s onerous Biometric Information Protection Act (BIPA). We recently examined how these...more

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Illinois Supreme Court Rules Privacy Act Claims Have Five Year Statute of Limitations

On February 2, 2023, the Supreme Court of the State of Illinois ruled that all claims under Section 15 of the state’s Biometric Information Privacy Act (Privacy Act or BIPA) have a five year statute of limitations. The...more

Holland & Hart - Employers' Lawyers

When Installing Cameras, Doesn’t Hurt to Get Employees’ Consent

Question: We plan to install security cameras in the production area of our nonunion food packaging facility because of an increase in damaged product and safety incidents. Can we post signs at all entrances stating...more

King & Spalding

Tracking Employee Vaccinations Globally: Can You Obtain The COVID-19 Vaccination Status Of Your Employees Everywhere?

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Issue 2: 10 in 10 Employers are exploring methods to better ensure the safety of their employees against the COVID-19 pandemic and the continued risk the pandemic poses to return to work initiatives. One potential...more

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

Data Privacy Legislation: Part 1

As state, federal, and international laws protecting consumer data multiply, employers need to know about the applicable restrictions and obligations related to employee data. Part 1 of this miniseries will cover the Stored...more

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"This Call is Being Recorded": Secret Workplace Recordings

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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

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

The Privacy Perils of Employees’ Personal Phone Calls

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

Genova Burns LLC

NJ Appellate Division Rules that Continued Employment Means Consent to Arbitration

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On July 23, 2015, the New Jersey Appellate Division upheld Ernst & Young’s alternative dispute resolution (“ADR”) policy statement as valid and enforceable. In Jaworski v. Ernst & Young, No. A-5259-13T2, three former...more

Baker Donelson

Employment Background Checks: Tips Employers Should Know to Comply With Federal Laws

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Many employers rely on background checks to screen job applicants and employees when making important personnel decisions, including hiring, retention, and promotion. In March, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission...more

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Illinois Supreme Court Strikes Down Eavesdropping Statute as Overly Broad

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

Littler

Weathering the Sea Change in Fair Credit Reporting Act Litigation in 2014

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In 2013, the ballooning number of employment class actions illuminated the sea change in Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) litigation. The FCRA was enacted in 1970 during President Nixon's administration, and is hardly in its...more

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