Employment Law Blog
Bring ‘Em All Back? – Privacy and Other Employment Issues in the “New Normal”
In recent weeks, the White House released guidelines for reopening the nation's economy, largely punting to state and local officials to assess whether they are sufficiently prepared to stay ahead of the COVID-19 spread and when to reopen non-essential businesses. In...
How Can Employees Protect Their Privacy in the New Remote Workplace?
With the rapid advance of technologies that enable constant connectivity, the once-sharp line between home and work began to blur over the last decade. Laws that govern employees' privacy rights were already lagging behind this reality when the COVID-19 coronavirus...
COVID-19 and the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act
The COVID-19 pandemic has forced much of the American workforce online, where employers are making use of a variety of platforms to facilitate remote work. Some of these platforms involve video recording or access by fingerprint, face scan, or retina or iris scan,...
Uncertainty Looms as New Privacy Law in California Takes Effect in the COVID-19 Era
Even before the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, California businesses braced for the significant impact that the new California Consumer Protection Act (CCPA) would have on their operations. This far-reaching and the first consumer protection law of its kind in the...
Working From Home During COVID-19: Employees May Face Discrimination From Participation in Videoconferences
As the COVID-19 coronavirus crisis continues, many companies have arranged for significant portions of their workforce to perform their jobs remotely. The physical delineation between work and home has been blurred, and videoconferencing tools to virtually connect...
Healthcare Workers Must Navigate Employment Issues While Fighting on the Frontlines
Much has been asked of the doctors, nurses, and other healthcare workers fighting the COVID-19 pandemic. Our Executives & Professionals Practice Group is proud to represent several of them, and we owe all the frontline heroes and first responders our deepest...
Wendi Lazar Addresses Workplace Privacy Issues Related to COVID-19
On April 30, 2020, Outten & Golden partner Wendi Lazar participated in a panel discussion focusing on various legal considerations associated with the coronavirus pandemic, including threats to employee privacy, confidentiality of health information, and changing...
See Something, Say Something: Blowing the Whistle on Hospitals That Turn Away Patients During the COVID-19 Pandemic
As the coronavirus pandemic continues to sweep the country, many patients infected with COVID-19 will need emergency medical care. Hospitals are seeing not only coronavirus carriers, but other patients seeking treatment for different conditions, ailments, and...
Workplace Rights and Protections for California Healthcare Workers
There is no shortage of heroes in California during the COVID-19 pandemic, especially among the doctors, nurses, and other healthcare professionals. They put themselves in harm's way every day to help others. Not only do healthcare workers put their own health at risk...
What Employees Who Report Unsafe New York Workplaces During the COVID-19 Crisis Need to Know
As the novel coronavirus spreads throughout the U.S., New York and many other states and cities have ordered non-essential businesses to close. However, what constitutes an "essential business" has shifted over the course of the pandemic, as has how the order will be...
