Rules and regs abound about what documents HR needs to keep, and for how long. To meet the requirements, more companies are storing records electronically — but are they applying the proper safeguards?
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Tags: FLSA, FMLA, payroll, personnel file, record retention
An employee is fired for handing out sensitive information. What if she sues for retaliation, claiming she gave the documents to her lawyer while involved in a lawsuit against the company?
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Tags: attorney, ID theft, lawyer, privacy, retaliation, sensitive documents
Periodically, we’ll share a real-life recruiting problem and tell you how one HR practitioner solved it. Today’s issue: getting new hires up to speed as quickly as possible.
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Tags: intranet, orientation, Training
Are your employees leaking confidential data? A new survey shows it’s a problem at many companies.
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Tags: data, e-mail, leaks, Proofpoint
What difference can a deleted e-mail make? For one employer, it might be the difference between winning and losing a lawsuit.
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Tags: Connor v. Sun Trust Bank, e-discovery, e-mail, FMLA
Why should HR care about “going green?” Because your employees do.
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Tags: environment, green technology, morale, policy
In a recent court case, one company that thought it was buttoned-up against ID theft ended up paying $550K to employees because of a security breach. That’s just one example of how new data security laws are raising the stakes for HR and IT.
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Tags: data breach, employee data, HR security, identity theft
An employee leaves a company to go for a competitor. On his way out the door, he copies a boatload of confidential computer files and uses them in his new job. Can the original employee sue him? Read the facts and decide: Who won this case?
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A Boeing employee who leaked confidential documents to the press is being charged by the company with “computer trespass.” Do they - and other companies trying to protect against document theft - have a case?
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New electronic discovery rules have created the latest legal headache for HR and IT departments everywhere. And as a recent lawsuit shows, companies that aren’t up-to-date can get hit hard.
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