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Are IT departments age biased?


October 29, 2008 by Sam Narisi
Posted in: IT staffing, In this week's e-newsletter, Latest News & Views, Security and law

Companies always need to be careful about age discrimination against job applicants and employees. But are IT departments at greater risk of being accused of bias?

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You discriminated — and I have the e-mail to prove it


October 20, 2008 by Sam Narisi
Posted in: Document retention, Security and law, Special Report

Do your managers know how to avoid writing e-mails that lead to huge legal trouble? Here’s an example of some supervisors who learned the hard way.

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Manager didn’t document, now firm pays 46.6 mil


July 14, 2008 by Sam Narisi
Posted in: Security and law, Special Report

You know the drill: Document, document, document. But managers don’t always follow that drill. And a recent case shows the damages a company can face when if a manager doesn’t keep current documentation.

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Who won this case: Did he send dirty e-mail?


May 15, 2008 by Sam Narisi
Posted in: Employee computer use, In this week's e-newsletter, Latest News & Views

An employee gets fired after e-mailing a dirty joke to his co-workers. The catch: He claims he was set up and sues for age discrimination. Read the facts of this real life case and decide - who won?

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