What hotels need to know about biometric privacy laws
Publication
In HOTEL MANAGEMENT Magazine, Tara Lattomus writes about the use of biometrics in the workplace, which can provide many benefits to security and efficiency, and warns of the liabilities if policies aren’t put in place to safeguard employees, keeping biometric and consumer privacy laws top …
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Fat Suit: Proposed Law Would Allow Weight-Discrimination Lawsuits
Media Coverage
Should workers be allowed to sue their employers for discrimination based on weight? A bill introduced in the New Jersey Senate would amend the state’s Law Against Discrimination to add weight and height as protected classes. But the measure elicits widely varying reactions among employment …
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Eckert Seamans Names Amy Snyder as Chair and Jennifer Adams Shepler as Vice Chair of our Firmwide Women’s Initiative
News Release
Eckert Seamans today announced the appointment of Philadelphia member Amy Z. Snyder as Chair, and Pittsburgh member Jennifer Adams Shepler as Vice Chair, of the firmwide Women’s Initiative (WIE) at Eckert Seamans.
Consistent with the firm’s diversity, equality, and inclusion mission, the Women’s Initiative at Eckert Seamans serves to develop …
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Aviation Regulatory Update – July 2022
Legal Update
DOT ANNOUNCES PASSENGER BILL OF RIGHTS FOR DISABLED PASSENGERS AND FAMILIES
On July 8, 2022, the U.S. Department of Transportation (“DOT”) announced the publication of its Disabled Passenger Bill of Rights, which is applicable to U.S. and foreign carriers, as well as a notice to all …
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