On October 30, 2023, President Biden signed the Executive Order on the Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence (hereinafter the “Executive Order”), addressing artificial intelligence issues for the American people. Specifically, the Executive Order establishes new standards for artificial intelligence relating to safety, security, privacy, civil rights, immigration, and health care. […]
Recently, New York enacted a law that prohibits an employer from requesting or requiring that an employee or applicant for employment disclose any user name, password, or other means for accessing a personal account or service through specified electronic communications devices. The new law also prohibits employers from retaliating against employees and applicants who refuse […]
Effective May 7, 2022, New York employers will be required to provide prior notice concerning the monitoring of employee telephone, email, or internet usage. Specifically, employers must notify employees that “any and all telephone conversations or transmissions, electronic mail or transmissions, or internet access or usage by an employee by any electronic device or system […]
In this webinar for @work with ALG subscribers, we will: Discuss how new technologies will affect the workplace. Identify how these new technologies will affect your job and the jobs of your employees. Explore ways to initiate change management. Underline the importance of helping employees prepare. Recognize real human anxiety — and also the excitement […]
Nearly 60 percent of Americans currently are working from home. While that number is likely to decrease as the pandemic eases, it won’t return to early 2020 levels. How has that affected you and your career? Join Sima Ali, Esq., and Susan Ganz, MBA, for an informative webinar to learn how to thrive and not just […]
Submitted by Ali Law Group PC on October 28, 2019 New York recently enacted the Stop Hacks and Improve Electronic Data Security Act (the “SHIELD Act”). The new legislation broadens the scope of information covered under the notification law and updates the notification requirements when there has been a breach of data. It also broadens […]
Submitted by Ali Law Group PC on July 28, 2018 In general, courts have taken the position that where a company has issued a policy indicating that private use of company e-mail is not confidential, the employer can review the content of an employee’s personal e-mail communications when sent over company e-mail. For example, in […]
Submitted by Ali Law Group PC on February 17, 2018 Many businesses now use biometrics in the workplace for purposes such as customer access, data security, and to track employee attendance. Biometric time clocks have replaced handwritten or paper timesheets, allowing employees to clock in with fingerprints, palmprints or iris scans. With the use of biometric […]
