Motel 6 Pays + Winter + #MeToo Solution + Third Party Vendors

Reputation and trust are worth their weight in gold, and Motel 6 is taking its first steps toward reclaiming traveler confidence after mishandling guests’ information. Following a class-action lawsuit, Motel 6 has agreed to pay up to $7.6 million to Latino guests who say employees shared their private information with immigration agents in 2017, and further legal action is on the horizon.

The proposal settlement was filed in federal court, contingent on approval from a federal judge in the U.S. District Court in Arizona.

Are You Carefully Vetting Your Third Party Vendors? If Not, You May Be Buying Yourself a Breach of Privacy Claim

October 30, 2018 via 4Hoteliers

Frankly, any third-party vendor who will gain access to an employer’s employee or job applicant information should be reviewed thoroughly ahead of entering any contractual or working relationship. This is important because this area of employment practices – background checks and resulting invasions of privacy --is a prime source of litigation for plaintiffs and the plaintiff’s bar.