Emails landed in the inboxes of employees at several Massachusetts hospitals, seeking COVID-19 statistics for the Department of Health and Human Services. On the surface, the notices seemed innocuous, a chance to assist in the fight against the devastating coronavirus pandemic. Except for this: The emails were a hoax — and a dangerous one at that, according to a report in the Boston Business Journal. The phishing emails sought illegal access to the hospitals’ systems, the first step toward a … [Read more...]
How to Report Discrimination at Work: New California Law Gives Employees More Time
A new California law changes how to report discrimination at work, taking a giant step toward helping employees who have faced workplace discrimination. In a state that has more than 12.1 million workers — with 5.54 million of them women and 7.67 million non-white, just to name a couple of categories — the issue has broad implications. Discrimination is pervasive but often underreported. During the past year, many companies have been grappling with varying concerns related to that very issue, … [Read more...]
Contact Tracing App Privacy: COVID-19 Apps Spread, and So Do Privacy Worries
Despite concerns about potential privacy issues, multiple states have been moving ahead with apps designed to alert people who may have been exposed to COVID-19 — a technology-based tool in the fight against a pandemic that has claimed more than 212,000 U.S. lives. Roughly a dozen states have released contact-tracing apps, according to an Oct. 1 report by The New York Times. California was not listed among the states, though some localities are pursuing such apps. And Google said on its blog … [Read more...]
COVID Workplace Safety Requirements: 7 Changes Your Employer Owes You
Increasing numbers of employers are bringing people back to work in some measure, but the office view, shaped by COVID workplace safety requirements from masks to mandates, looks far from normal. The return of “non-essential” employees, many of whom have been working from home, has varied widely across the country, with some bosses even prohibiting masks at work. In California, the government is attempting to guide a safe return, offering a COVID-19 Employer Playbook and legislative efforts … [Read more...]
Fired for a Social Media Post? 7 Tips to Stay Out of Trouble at Work
A law firm administrative manager got fed up this summer with requests to wear masks, even though he said he had tested negative for COVID-19. In a rant on his personal Facebook page, the Texas man vented his frustration in a big way, circling around to mentions of a handgun and hollow-point bullets. The threatening post promptly resulted in a pink slip for the man, whose longtime employer publicly apologized for the incident, saying it violated the firm’s values and merited a notification of … [Read more...]
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