Workplace Privacy—What Employers Need to Know
September 29, 2011 at 12:00 pm ET
Duration: 2 Hours
Speaker: Boris Segalis, Esq. and Jan Dhont, Esq.
Session Only: $219.00
Session Plus CD: $319.00
2010 was a year of significant developments in workplace privacy. Litigation in state and federal courts, state legislation, and federal agency actions have led to increased protections for employee privacy. These developments require employers to carefully consider and, as necessary, revise their workplace privacy policies and procedures. In addition to their responsibility for U.S.-based employees, the global economy and consolidation of administrative functions often require U.S. in-house counsel and HR specialists to provide support of company employees worldwide. Supporting personnel outside the U.S. requires a basic understanding of foreign workplace privacy requirements, which are often significantly more stringent that those in the U.S.
This webinar is presented by Boris Segalis, a partner at InfoLawGroup LLP in New York, and Jan Dhont, a partner at the law firm of Lorenz in Brussels. Mr. Segalis and Mr. Dhont specialize in privacy, data protection and information management. They both have significant experience advising clients in myriad industries on workplace privacy issues.
Agenda
- Overview of relevant privacy laws
- Employee monitoring
- Expectation of privacy in the workplace
- Electronic communications policies
- Recent state and federal court decisions
- Background screening
- Use of consumer reports by employers
- Notice obligations under the FCRA
- State laws that limit the use of consumer reports
- Background screening of employees and suppliers from the EU perspective
- Social networking in the workplace
- Pros and cons
- Blogging as a job
- NLRB action to protect employee's Facebook comments
- Data security issues
- Employers' obligations to safeguard employee data
- Information security breaches
- International workplace issues
- Employee data as "personal information"
- Restrictions on collection, use and disclosure of employee data
- Transfer of employee data from foreign jurisdictions (including the EU) to the U.S.
- Conflicts between U.S. discovery requirements and foreign data protection laws
Who Should Attend
Compliance and HR leaders, and in-house counsel.
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