Labor Law:
Does Your Employee Confidentiality Policy Violate The NLRA?
Published on Fri Jan 29, 2016
Lesson: Consider HIPAA and NLRA when structuring policies. Even if your employee’s conduct breaks HIPAA rules, that doesn’t mean terminating that employee won’t run afoul of the National Labor Relations Act. In Rocky Mountain Eye Center, P.C. vs. International Union of Operating Engineers, Local 400, an Administrative Law Judge decided that despite the employer’s “unquestionably legitimate” HIPAA compliance concerns, the [...]