Employee Privacy

New and Updated

• Type:

  Checklists

  Create a California Consumer Privacy Act-Required Workplace Privacy Policy

  This checklist may be used by employers to help prepare and post a privacy policy for job applicants, employees and independent contractors as required by the California Consumer Privacy Act.

• Date:

  February 24, 2023

  Type:

  News

  Illinois Supreme Court: Each Biometric Scan of Employees Is a Separate Violation

  The Illinois Supreme Court has held that employers commit a separate violation of the state's Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) each time they scan an employee's biometric information without the required notice or consent, potentially making BIPA missteps much more costly for employers.

• Type:

  Employment Law Guide

  Employee Privacy: New York

  Updated to reflect requirement that posters be made available electronically, effective December 16, 2022.

• Type:

  Employment Law Guide

  Employee Privacy: Virginia

  Updated to reflect the state Consumer Data Protection Act, effective January 1, 2023.

• Type:

  Employment Law Guide

  Employee Privacy: California

  Under review in light of California Consumer Privacy Act final regulations, effective March 29, 2023.

• Date:

  December 16, 2022

  Type:

  Editor's Choice

  California Employers: January 2023 Brings Host of New Employment Laws

  Many new state and local employment laws will take effect in California on January 1, covering topics such as minimum wage, pay equity, discrimination, workplace safety and more. California employers should review these developments and take steps now to ensure they are ready to comply.

• Type:

  Legal Timetable

  Connecticut Personal Data Privacy and Online Monitoring Act Takes Effect

• Type:

  Employment Law Guide

  Employee Privacy: Connecticut

  Updated to reflect the forthcoming Connecticut Personal Data Privacy and Online Monitoring Act.

• Date:

  October 13, 2022

  Type:

  News

  Jury Awards $228 Million in Novel Illinois Biometric Privacy Case

  In the first-ever biometric privacy class action to go to trial in Illinois, a federal jury in Chicago has awarded $228 million to a group of more than 45,000 truck drivers.

• Type:

  Legal Timetable

  California Allows Limited Use of Vehicle Tracking Devices