Brave New World: State Data Privacy Laws and the Workplace
A number of states have now passed personal data protection laws that directly impact what HR can and cannot do with employee information. Learn about the new state laws and pending legislation that affect every employer dealing with employee data, and the best practices to implement to create and maintain compliance.
Learning Objectives:
- Understand the growing concern over the use of personal, private data, what legal protections exist for employees and how to comply with the law while still getting the information you need.
- Learn what privacy laws exist now and what legislation is on the horizon.
- Learn how to comply with the law while still obtaining and maintaining necessary employee information and how to implement best practices to protect both the employee and the organization.
- Obtain sample privacy policies and templates and summaries of state laws.
Kelly Dobbs Bunting
Kelly Bunting, Co-Chair of the Greenberg Traurig, LLP's Labor & Employment Practice's Workplace Compliance & Counseling Group, and member of its Artificial Intelligence Law Group, has considerable experience defending class and collective wage and hour litigation and misclassification claims, having defended employers in Title III ADA access litigation and litigation alleging race, sex, pregnancy, age, disability discrimination, harassment, and retaliation. She is deeply experienced in virtually all aspects of employment litigation, including wage and hour, labor, Title VII, harassment, discrimination, wrongful termination, non-competition and non-solicitation, trade secrets, SOX and Dodd Frank whistleblower claims, CEPA, ADEA, FMLA, NJLAD, and failure to accommodate issues. She has identified and managed employment issues in M&A deals and appeared before the EEOC, NLRB, and DOL in many states, as well as state agencies in DE, NY, NJ and PA. Kelly has represented many clients in mediation and settlement negotiations, and created HR and compliance training modules. She is regularly sought after as a workforce trainer for issues related to harassment and discrimination, FCPA compliance, good management techniques, and union awareness.
Kelly focuses much of her practice on international L&E issues, including employment/secondment contracts, data privacy, and global anti-corruption compliance. She advises clients on national and international handbook policies, procedures, and strategic HR issues, and provides day-to-day counsel in hiring, employee relations, employee discipline, and termination. She also conducts and advises on internal investigations.