AGENCIES MAY HAVE TO BARGAIN WITH UNIONS OVER EMPLOYEE DATA BREACHES

The NLRB recently indicated it believes employers are obligated to bargain when employee data they hold is hacked. Take a look at this article, Employers May Have to Bargain With Unions Over Response to Employee Data Breaches

Issues can range from the quality of the ID theft protection the agency implements to protect those whose data was stolen to an agency decision to do nothing. So far, nothing blocks a union from demanding changes when it opens its term contract.