Employers and schools have started a trend towards requiring job applicants, employees and students to disclose Facebook passwords so that online communications can be monitored (and perhaps factored into a hiring or admissions decision). In response to a public outcry by privacy advocates, Congress is considering SNOPA: Social Networking Online Protection Act. If passed, this […]
NLRB Suspends Posting Requirement Indefinitely
The National Labor Relations Board previously implemented a requirement that all employers – including non-union shops – must post a document advising employees of certain rights no later than April 30, 2012. As a result of challenges to the posting requirement that are pending in the District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals as well […]
Ms. Myer to Speak at CLE seminar on April 19
Ms. Myer will participate in a panel discussion on law firm management at a cle seminar on April 19.
EEOC Experiences Record Number of Charges for FY 2011
The EEOC has reported that it received 99,922 charges during FY 2011. Of these, the largest number were claims of retaliation. Indeed, the trend seems to be that retaliation claims will be pursued even when the underlying discrimination claim seems to have no merit. Of the remaining claims filed in FY 2011, 35% alleged race […]
U.S. Supreme Court requires warrant for GPS tracking.
The U.S. Supreme Court has issued its long-awaited ruling on the use of GPS tracking by law enforcement. The Court concluded that in most instances a search warrant is required. Stay tuned for a longer post analyzing this decision in a few days.
U.S. Supreme Court Rules That the First Amendment Religion Clauses Trump the Americans With Disabilities Act
The U.S. Supreme Court has issued the long-awaited decision in Hosanna-Tabor v. EEOC on the intersection of employee disability law with the religion clauses of the First Amendment to the Constitution. The religion clauses won. Stay tuned for a longer post in a few days.
