Maya Kaplan Atrakchi on Employer Liability Issues

Employee Monitoring: New York Establishes New Requirements for Employers

Earlier this month, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed into a law a bill that will require New York private sector employers to provide written notice to employees before engaging in electronic monitoring of their...more

11/19/2021 / Electronic Communications , Email , Employee Monitoring , Employee Privacy Rights , Employee Rights , Employer Liability Issues , Mobile Devices , New York , Notice Requirements , Private Right of Action , Written Notice

EEOC Issues Guidance On Antibody Testing In The Workplace

In late-March and April 2020, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) released guidance addressing various questions with answers concerning COVID-19 and related workplace disability-related issues under the...more

6/26/2020 / Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) , Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) , Coronavirus/COVID-19 , Employer Liability Issues , Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) , Virus Testing , Workplace Safety

Class Action Trends Report Fall 2019

Our quarterly report takes a look back at the most significant class action developments over the last year, including litigation trends, court decisions, and legislative and regulatory changes that are certain to invite...more

12/13/2019 / Class Action , Disparate Impact , Employee Benefits , Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) , Employer Liability Issues , Franchisors , Independent Contractors , Misclassification , Wage and Hour

Illinois Leads The Way On AI Regulation In The Workplace

Illinois continues to lead the way in privacy and security legislation. The Prairie State is home to the Biometric Information Privacy Act, first of its kind legislation regulating the collection and possession of biometric...more

10/25/2019 / Artificial Intelligence , Biometric Information , Biometric Information Privacy Act , Corporate Counsel , Employer Liability Issues , Hiring & Firing , Interviews , Job Applicants , State Labor Laws

Third Circuit Rules In Favor Of Employer Who Monitored Former Employees’ Social Media Accounts

On February 25, 2019, the Third Circuit held that a New Jersey engineering firm that monitored its former employees’ social media accounts was not barred from winning an injunction to prevent four former employees from...more

3/25/2019 / Corporate Counsel , Employer Liability Issues , Former Employee , Social Media , Trade Secrets

Brazilian Labor Courts Continue To Emphasize Importance Of Non-Compete Clause Limitations

A recent Brazilian labor court ruling clarified the procedural requirements for employers drafting non-compete clauses in employment agreements. Although the Brazilian Federal Constitution establishes “freedom of work,”...more

4/23/2018 / Brazil , Confidential Information , Employer Liability Issues , Employment Contract , Non-Compete Agreements , Restrictive Covenants

An Employee’s Right Of Erasure Under The GDPR

The implementation of the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), with an effective date of May 25, 2018, is just around the corner, and with it will come pressure on the human resources (HR) department to...more

3/22/2018 / Corporate Counsel , Cybersecurity , Data Processors , Data Protection , Employer Liability Issues , General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) , Human Resources Professionals , Personal Data , Popular

Employers Can Be Vicariously Liable For Employee Data Breaches

The United Kingdom High Court recently issued a landmark liability judgment against the supermarket, Morrisons, following a data breach caused by a rogue employee (Various Claimants v. WM Morrisons Supermarket [2017] EWHC3113...more

1/23/2018 / Cybersecurity , Data Breach , Data Protection , Employer Liability Issues , Popular , UK , UK Data Protection Act , Vicarious Liability

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