Sky Chefs Hit with Biometric Privacy and Fair Labor Claims

Sky Chefs Inc. violated state and federal laws by failing to get workers’ consent before collecting biometric data and not paying overtime, a former employee alleged in an Illinois federal lawsuit.

Plaintiff Larry Frisby said the in-flight catering company collected employees’ biometric information without their informed, written permission in violation of the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act, according to the complaint filed Dec. 5 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.

Employers in Illinois are facing an onslaught of biometric privacy cases as the plaintiffs bar and workers become accustomed to the state’s privacy law. Possible ...