| Privacy - Personnel Files - Redress for Privacy Violations |
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| There are many instances in which an employer may share information about an employee with a third party. Employers regularly, for example, disclose information about their employees to other employers, unions, and law-enforcement agencies. They may also share information with banks and creditors, insurance companies, government agencies, and even third-party private individuals. Although some of these disclosures may be at the employee's request or required by law, others may be may be considered a violation of privacy or inflict harm. More... |
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| Vicarious Liability for Torts of Employees |
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| Normally, tort law requires the party causing the injury to compensate the injured party with money. Through vicarious liability, however, a party other than the one actually causing the injury is held financially responsible for the harm. Several policy arguments exist for the imposition of vicarious liability on seemingly innocent parties. More... |
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| Scope of the National Labor Relations Act |
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| Congress passed the National Labor Relations Act in 1935 to regulate transactions between labor unions or organizations and private employers. Enforcement of the Act rests with the National Labor Relations Board, its General Counsel, and its regional offices. The major duties of the Board are to investigate allegations of unfair labor practices and to ensure that they are stopped. The Board is also tasked with overseeing and certifying elections through which employees decide whether they will be represented by a union and, if so, which union will represent them.More... |
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| Employee Benefit Plans |
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| In 1993, ERISA was amended by the Omnibus Reconciliation Act to allow children of a group health plan participant to receive health plan benefits under an order from a state court or agency in a domestic relations case even if the child was not ordinarily eligible for such benefits under the terms of the plan. Such an order is called a "medical child support order," and the child who is the subject of the order is referred to as an "alternate recipient" of the health plan benefits.
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| The Anti-Kickback Provisions of the Copeland Act |
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| Background and ScopeMore... |
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