While such checks help identify high-risk drivers before accidents occur, they also create a potential legal pitfall for companies that conduct them: violation of state and federal laws protecting employee privacy. What many companies do not realize is that when they collect MVRs about employees an...
Employers already have employees’ personal data, and they can run amok of privacy laws, like HIPAA, if they disclose private information to anyone. Employers must protect sensitive employee information. Employers have the burden of protecting sensitive employee information, even if it comes from an...
•The principle of information quality. Whether the parties can ensure the accuracy and completeness of personal information in the process of providing employee information across borders; •The principle of equal protection. In the process of cross-border processing of employee information, whether...
Jacqueline Wolff, a partner at Manatt Phelps & Phillips LLP, says that multinational companies will have difficulties in gathering the data needed from foreign subsidiaries due to stringent laws protecting employee privacy abroad.DiMatteoBenEBSCO_bspInternational Financial Law Review...
Purpose:Effective November 1, 2021,PIPLserves the dual purpose of protecting individual’s privacy and ensuring China’s national security. It regulates how data on Chinese citizens is stored and processed in the country with the intent to preserve China’s digital sovereignty. ...
The Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA) permits electronic monitoring of all activities on company-owned devices. Also, the Stored Communications Act lets you monitor employee electronic communication saved on company computers. This includes computer usage that might not even be on-premise. For...
Some rather consensual requirements are the recommendation to follow best practices, including informing interviewees that their statements may be used against them, similar to “Upjohn warnings” in the US, or respecting fundamental principles such as protecting employee’s privacy and avoiding deceptive...
In contrast to the almost total lack of privacy laws protecting workers, employment discrimination laws—while far from perfect—can provide some important protections for employees. But those laws have already faced criticism for their overly simplistic and limited view of what constitutes discrimina...
15.Employee Monitoring 15.1 What types of employee monitoring are permitted (if any), and in what circumstances? Employee privacy rights, like those of any individual, are based on the principle that an individual has an expectation of privacy unless that expectation has been diminished or eliminat...
to say nothing of hiring and promotions. However, a push for employee rights gained momentum in the 20th century, resulting in a series of important labor protection laws that millions of Americans rely on today.