California is requiring COVID contact tracing until 2025. Here’s how to prioritize privacy
An outbreak can threaten employees' health and digital privacy, too. Contact Herald is dedicated to protecting both.
Data privacy
How to track employee productivity without crossing privacy lines
Forty-three percent of employees would consider leaving their jobs if employers started tracking their productivity.
Ask an Adviser: How can we protect employee data in the era of remote work?
Employers need to instruct their employees in the basics of cyber hygiene, but also supply data privacy protection benefits.
Women could give $20 trillion boost to economic growth by 2050
Policy changes that result in more women entering the workforce, like those that bolster female access to secondary education, child care, and flexible work arrangements, have the potential to “light a fire” under global growth.
The first female recession threatens to wipe out decades of progress for U.S. women
As many as tens of millions of women may never return to the labor force, even after a vaccine is found. Altogether, global gross domestic product could be $1 trillion less in 2030 than it would be without a gender unemployment gap.
Alphabet’s Verily plans to use big data as health insurance tool
The company will sell stop-loss insurance, a type that helps cover unexpectedly large claims against employers who self-fund their health-benefit policies.
Remote workers facing greater scrutiny on the job
Some professionals have admitted to sleeping or drinking while working from home. Technology could help financial services firms ensure employee productivity doesn't slip.
Employers find testing employees more trouble than it’s worth
Dogged by issues of cost — diagnostic tests start at around $100 each — access, logistics and employee privacy, tests aren’t part of most back-to-work plans.
What companies need to disclose on coronavirus infections
Sharing information about infection rates is generally up to the company's discretion.
Google under fire for its efforts to access health records
Tech giant Google continues to face criticism for the company’s reported efforts to obtain the health records of millions of Americans without their awareness or consent.
Benefits Think Complying with California’s Consumer Privacy Act of 2018
While the act is broadly applicable to qualifying businesses, employers should pay special attention to their duties under the act.
Kelsey Wong
Foley & Lardner
HR tech tools can help employers comply with GDPR
A number of software programs are available for multinational employers who need to comply with the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation.
