Can an employer e-mail everyone in the company with each employee’s personal information regarding the vacation/personal time?

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Can an employer e-mail everyone in the company with each employee’s personal information regarding the vacation/personal time?

My employer emailed everyone on how many days left each of them have left on the vacation days/personal days. Is this legal. I thought HR was not allowed to let personal information e-mails. Vacations days/ personal days are personal right?

Asked on September 1, 2011 Florida

Answers:

SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney

Answered 12 years ago | Contributor

It's actually not entirely clear that this is personal. To the extent that it may reveal how much each employee earns per year, assuming that you don't all earn the same number, it can reveal part of each person's compensation; that would normally be considered private information. On the other hand, if it's just how many days each person currently has, which does not necessarily reveal compensation, that might not be private--since obviously, everyone knows (or could know) about when someone takes vacation, there is nothing private about knowing how days someone has used or could use, so long as it does not reveal compensation information. However, even to the extent that the information might be considered private, it's not clear what damage its disclosure causes or what (cost effective) remedy you may have for its release.


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