U.S. Supreme Court Ruling Provides Guidance on Monitoring Employee Texts and E-Mails (Littler, June 2010) resource Articles
This article dicusses The U.S. Supreme Court's decision in City of Ontario v.
UK, The Employment Practice Code: Data Protection (ICO, 2005) resource Agency Guidances OCEG Reviewed
This Code is intended to help employers comply with the Data Protection Act and to encourage them to adopt good practice. The Code aims to strike a balance between the legitimate expectations of workers that personal information about them will be handled properly and the legitimate interests of employers in deciding how best, within the law, to run their own businesses.
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DHS Publishes Final "Safe-Harbor" Procedures for Employers Who Receive SSA "No-Match" Letters and DHS Notices (2007) resource Articles Member contributionOCEG Reviewed
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has issued a Final Rule addressing an employer’s obligations in response to receipt of a social security number (SSN) mismatch notice from the Social Security Administration (SSA). The final rules are materially similar to the draft published for comment in June 2006.
Published in ASAP Newsletter (Littler, August 2007)
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2005 Electronic Monitoring & Surveillance Survey resource Research / Studies Member contributionOCEG Reviewed
American Management Association (AMA) - Employers increasingly are using policy and technology to manage productivity and protect resources.
The 2005 Electronic Monitoring & Surveillance Survey was co-sponsored by the American Management Association and The ePolicy Institute. A total of 526 companies participated: 23% represent companies employing 100 or fewer workers, 101–500 employees (25%), 501–1,000 (10%), 1,001–2,500 (13%), 2,501–5,000 (7%) and 5,001 or more (22%).
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HHS, Office for Civil Rights: Health Information Privacy resource Agency Web Sites Member contributionOCEG Reviewed
The Office for Civil Rights enforces the HIPAA Privacy Rule, which protects the privacy of individually identifiable health information; the HIPAA Security Rule, which sets national standards for the security of electronic protected health information; and the confidentiality provisions of the Patient Safety Rule, which protect identifiable information being used to analyze patient safety event
