BNA INSIGHTS: Assessing The Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act’s Impact on Employers After Two Years: Review of Litigation, EEOC Activity, Liability Risks, and Compliance Tips

Nov. 21, 2011 marked the two-year anniversary of the effective date of the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act, which imposes limitations and special requirements on an employer’s acquisition and use of the genetic information of its employees…

California Becomes Seventh State With Law Limiting Credit Report Use In Employment

Just before a midnight deadline, Gov. Jerry Brown (D) Oct. 9 signed a bill (A.B. 22) that limits employer use of credit reports to evaluate employees or applicants, making California the seventh state with such a law on the books…

In First NLRB Social Media Ruling, ALJ Holds Facebook Posting Firings Violated Labor Act

An upstate New York nonprofit violated federal labor law when it fired five employees for griping on Facebook about a co-worker, a National Labor Relations Board administrative law judge decided in an opinion released Sept. 6…

BNA INSIGHTS: Employment/Labor Law Meets Social Media: Advice for Employers

Only a few years ago, employers reacted quickly (and perhaps hastily) to the development of social media and their employees’ use of social media…

NLRB Advice Division Finds No Protection for Some Employee Complaints on Facebook

Employees posting complaints about their employment on Facebook or other social media sites may not be protected from disciplinary action even if their complaints are job-related, the National Labor Relations Board Division of Advice concluded in three recent memoranda to NLRB regional offices…

Social Media Risk, Mitigation Guidance Issued for Financial Services Industry

Financial sector companies must pay attention to a wide variety of legal compliance and risk issues related to the use of social networking, BITS, the technology policy division of The Financial Services Roundtable, cautioned in its “Social Media Risks and Mitigation”guidance issued July 11…

BNA INSIGHTS: Online Gripes About Work: Akin to Water Cooler Gab? A Look at Stepped-Up NLRB Enforcement Stance and Social Media Policies

A complaint issued in October 2010 by Region 34 (Hartford, Conn.) of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) generated a great deal of controversy over what restraints the NLRB places on employers seeking to limit employees’ disparaging Internet posts…

BNA INSIGHTS: Managing the Privacy and Security Risks Inherent in Employees’ Use of Personal Smartphones and Tablets for Work

The lines snaking from the front door of almost every Apple store are symptomatic of a critical privacy and information security challenge that U.S. employers are now confronting…

Supreme Court OKs NASA Worker Checks But Dodges Constitutional Privacy Question

In a case that some experts believe has implications for private sector employees, the U.S. Supreme Court Jan. 19 held 8-0 that the National Aeronautics and Space Administration has the right to question contract employees about drug treatment and ask references about…

State Trend Continues, As Eight Consider Bills to Restrict Employer Use of Credit Reports

A state law trend to restrict the use of individual consumer credit report information for employment purposes emerged last year and has continued in 2011, as bills were introduced to…

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