US Worker Sues Sutherland Healthcare Solutions Over AI Webcam Monitoring

Key facts

• Glennis Von Sander-Timinski sued her former employer Sutherland Healthcare Solutions after being fired for refusing AI webcam monitoring.
• The company is based in Clifton, New Jersey.
• Von Sander-Timinski had worked remotely for the company since 2018 and had positive performance reviews.
• In August, the company introduced Sentinel AI, which takes a webcam photo every three minutes, about 160 photos per day.
• She objected due to privacy concerns, data security worries, and potential lupus flare-ups, and submitted a doctor's note requesting an exemption.
• The company offered three options: accept monitoring, commute daily to Clinton, New Jersey (a six-hour round trip from her Atlantic County home), or be fired.
• She was fired on September 8 after eight years of employment.
• The lawsuit alleges violations of New Jersey anti-discrimination laws and retaliation for requesting reasonable accommodations.
• She seeks back pay, emotional distress compensation, reinstatement, and removal of the incident from her record.
• New Jersey is considering a bill to regulate AI workplace monitoring; Maine passed a law banning surveillance inside employees' homes earlier this year.