BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20160707T183000Z DTEND:20160707T200000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:'First Thursday' - Labor Law Seminar Series DESCRIPTION:"Employee Privacy Rights\, and New Restrictions on Employer Access to Social Media"\nCalifornia law imposes strict limits on employer access to employee social media accounts\, emails\, voicemails and similar sources of information.\n\n\n\nThe same is true of lockers\, desks\, vehicles and computers\, even when this property belongs to the employer. This is important because employers may be prevented from using incriminating emails\, for example\, to defend against an employee lawsuit for wrongful termination\, if the employer's access to the email violated employee privacy rights.\n\n\n\nWorse\, accessing this information may give the employee additional claims for invasion of privacy.\n\n\n\nThis ongoing seminar series is being conducted by veteran Petaluma labor & employment attorney\, Jay Putnam. Putnam\, has advised employers exclusively\, in labor matters for almost 35 years. He hopes to provide local business owners and managers with a solid\, working understanding of California labor law\, as a means of helping them avoid the often crippling cost and disruption caused by lawsuits resulting from a misunderstanding of applicable legal requirements.\n\n\n\nMembers are encouraged to bring their questions. Putnam says he intends to conduct the seminars as "informal\, working sessions\, where people can bring their lunch and their questions and leave each month with important information that will immediately improve their business operations."\n\n\n\n\n\n To register\, please email the Chamber at pacc@petalumachamber.com\, or call 707.762.2785 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

"\;Employee Privacy Rights\, and New Restrictions on Employer Access to Social Media"\;

\nCalifornia law imposes strict limits on employer access to employee social media accounts\, emails\, voicemails and similar sources of information.
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\nThe same is true of lockers\, desks\, vehicles and computers\, even when this property belongs to the employer. This is important because employers may be prevented from using incriminating emails\, for example\, to defend against an employee lawsuit for wrongful termination\, if the employer&rsquo\;s access to the email violated employee privacy rights.
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\nWorse\, accessing this information may give the employee additional claims for invasion of privacy.
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\nThis ongoing seminar series is being conducted by veteran \;Petaluma \;labor &\; employment attorney\, Jay Putnam. Putnam\, has advised \;employers \;exclusively\, in labor matters for almost 35 years. He hopes to provide local business owners and managers with a solid\, working understanding of California labor law\, as a means of helping them avoid the often crippling cost and disruption caused by lawsuits resulting from a misunderstanding of applicable legal requirements.
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\nMembers are encouraged to bring their questions. \; Putnam says he intends to conduct the seminars as "\;informal\, working sessions\, where people can bring their lunch and their questions and leave each month with important information that will immediately improve their business operations."\;
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\n \;To register\, please email the Chamber at pacc@petalumachamber.com\, or call 707.762.2785
\n \; LOCATION:6 Petaluma Blvd N\, Ste A2 Petaluma\, CA 94952 UID:e.1308.5737 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20260427T064803Z URL:https://business.petalumachamber.biz/events/details/first-thursday-labor-law-seminar-series-07-07-2016-5737 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR