For some reason, many employees are surprised when inappropriate content they put on the Web is read by their boss. A few even go as far as suing the company once they’re disciplined or fired because of it.
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Tags: First Amendment, Myspace, social networking, teacher
These days, most cell phones come equipped with built-in cameras. Those devices pose several little-known legal risks when they’re brought into the workplace.
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Tags: camera phones, harassment, privacy, security
So you thought this dark cloud called the recession of ‘08 might not have a silver lining, eh? Think again.
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Tags: e-discovery, e-mail, instant messages, litigation, prevention, text messages
The Department of Labor is targeting wage and hour violations involving H-1B visa holders, many of whom work in IT.
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Tags: department of labor, HIB, IT
Now’s a good time to caution supervisors and HR about being too quick to classify IT networking staffers as exempt from overtime under the FLSA.
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Tags: Apple, classify, lawsuit, networking, staff
President-elect Barack Obama figured out how useful the Internet can be for fundraising. But once he takes office, the Web’s darker side will occupy plenty of his time and attention.
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Tags: cyber security, defense, Defense Science Board, Department of Defense
IT managers are going to have to brush up on their acronym skills as a flood of compliance and legal rules hits U.S. businesses.
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Tags: accounting, Compliance, FRCP, IFRS, Model Audit Rule, Nevada, PCI, rules, xbrl, XOX
The Federal Trade Commission will suspend enforcement of the new “Red Flags Rule” until May 1, 2009, to give creditors and financial institutions
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Tags: Federal Trade Commission, FTC, identity theft, Red Flags Rule
The costs of litigation are high, even if you win. If you lose, the problem is even worse.
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Tags: discrimination, hiring, IT workers, litigation
A declining confidence in the nation’s economy is being mirrored by the shaken confidence of government IT decision makers.
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Tags: CDW, decision makers, government, IT, monitor
