Workplace Privacy Counsel

Recent Posts from Workplace Privacy Counsel

• GINA Becomes Effective November 21, 2009: Are You Ready?

  The Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA) takes effect on November 21, 2009. How does GINA impact employers? GINA does the following: (a) prohibits employers from discriminating against an employee based upon genetic information, (b) places…

• Lawyers Also Can Be Snared by Privacy Rules

  Identity theft is a booming business. Each year, millions of Americans fall victim to identity theft or have their personal privacy otherwise compromised through unlawful means. Whether it comes in the form of a lost…

• New York Suspends Mandatory Flu Shots

  Less than one week after a state court judge halted New York state’s emergency regulation requiring mandatory H1N1 flu shots for most health care workers, Governor Paterson announced that the State Health Commissioner is suspending…

• New York Judge Halts Mandatory Flu Shots

  In response to the swine flu pandemic sweeping the nation, New York in August 2009 became the only state in the United States to adopt an emergency regulation requiring most health care workers who come…

• Multinationals Certified to the U.S.-E.U. Safe Harbor Agreement Beware: The Federal Trade Commission Has Bared Its Enforcement Teeth

  Since its inception in the year 2000, the U.S.-E.U. Safe Harbor Agreement has attracted nearly 2,000 multinationals seeking to establish a lawful basis to transfer to the U.S. the personal data of their consumers and…

• New Regulations Create Potential Privacy Risk in Corporate Transactions

  Today, the Department of Labor issued regulations to enforce Title I of the Genetic Information Non-Discrimination Act of 2008 (GINA). Title I regulates self-insured group health plans and health insurance issues, among others. Title I…

• The Legal Perils of Social Media & Social Networking: Questions & Answers

  On September 29, 2009, Littler Mendelson presented a webinar, hosted by HR.com, entitled, “Legal Perils of Social Media & Social Networking: What Every Employer Needs to Know.” Several of the attendees submitted questions by e-mail…

• To Recommend or Not To Recommend: The LinkedIn Conundrum

  Several employment lawyers recently have debated whether employers should permit their employees to “recommend” a former employee on LinkedIn. The debate began after a National Law Journal article quoted two management-side attorneys who counseled against…

• Employers and Health Care Providers Receive New Guidance on HIPAA Security Breach Notification

  The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH Act), one small legislative portion of the massive economic stimulus bill enacted on February 17, 2009, mandates that employers and health care providers provide…

• Massachusetts Agency Revises Information Security Regulations -- Yet Again

  In what appears to be an on-going effort to find the right balance between information security and burdens on businesses, Massachusetts’ Office of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation (OCABR) has materially revised—for a second time—regulations…