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Managing: Legal Issues

Romancing the Workplace

07/26/2012 - Companies can reduce the likelihood of harassment lawsuits stemming from romantic workplace relationships by preventing relationships between subordinates and managers and by having employees in romantic relationships sign Love Contracts.
Book Reviews: Proprietary Information Protection

The Quiet Threat: Fighting Industrial Espionage in America, 2nd Edition

07/26/2012 - Ronald Mendell explains governmental spying and how it differs from industrial espionage, with the latter being the primary focus of this work.
Editor's Note: Viewpoint

Keeping Staff Problems In Perspective

07/25/2012 - Anyone familiar with history knows the perils of taking too literally—or perhaps at all—Nietzsche’s concept of the Superman, but recent news about problems with U.S. Secret Service agents offers a lesson in the more mundane pitfalls of thinking there is any such thing as an Übermensch.
Beyond Print: Workplace Violence

Harassment

06/27/2012 - A California appeals court has ruled that a company can be held liable for harassing statements made by employees on a blog. Even though the blog was accessed by employees while they were off-duty, the court ruled that once the company learned of the blog, it had a duty to act to stop the harassment.
Beyond Print: Legal Issues

Whistleblower Protection

06/27/2012 - An employee of a privately held company (as opposed to a publicly held company that comes under regulatory authority of the Securities and Exchange Commission) is not covered by the whistleblower protections offered under Sarbanes-Oxley, according to a recent appellate decision. The employee is not protected even if his employer provides services to a public entity that is covered by the act.
Managing: Security Management

Managing

06/27/2012 - One company’s painful embezzlement incident can provide lessons for security managers in recognizing and preventing fraud.
Daily Headline : Legal Issues

NLRB Provides Advice on Social Media Policies

06/04/2012 - The National Labor Relations Board has issued a memo offering advice to companies on setting up a social media policy.
Beyond Print: Legal Issues

ADA

05/29/2012 - A federal district court has ruled that a company’s attendance policy violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) because it required employees to disclose the nature of their illness when providing documentation for sick leave. Under the company’s policy, a doctor’s note had to include the illness or reason for the sick leave. The court noted that this could require employees to divulge information about a disability, a violation of the ADA.
Hiring \ Employment Issues

Avoid Harassment Headaches

05/24/2012 - Learn how your company can craft a program for deterring harassment in the workplace and properly handle claims when they do occur.
Daily Headline : IT Security

Social Media Restrictions on the Rise, Facebook Use at Work on the Decline

05/04/2012 - Facebook usage in the workplace is on the decline as companies implement social media policies, according to a new report released by firm that provides Web content filtering for companies.
Daily Headline : Hiring \ Employment Issues

CSOs Share Career Advice

05/02/2012 - Members of the ASIS CSO Roundtable share insights on finding a mentor and networking as part of the May digital edition.
Daily Headline : Risk Management

DHS Announces Rick Rescorla National Award for Resilience

05/01/2012 - Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano on Friday announced the creation of the Rick Rescorla National Award for Resilience.
Daily Headline : Web-based Threats

Social Networking Security

04/11/2012 - Increasingly, employees expect to remain connected to social networking sites while at work. But these sites represent a growing threat in terms of malware, for instance.
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