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employee privacy

McMillan's Employment and Labour Relations Group provides advice to organizations respecting a variety of workplace privacy issues, including:

  • The interpretation and application of privacy legislation, including the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (Federal), An Act Respecting the Protection of Personal Information in the Private Sector (Quebec), the Personal Information Protection Act (Alberta), and the Personal Information Protection Act (British Columbia)
  • Disclosure of employee information in the context of a sale of business
  • Transfer of employee information to service providers (e.g. benefit providers)
  • Transfer of employee information across borders
  • Privacy issues in unionized workplaces
  • Employee monitoring
  • Employee drug and alcohol testing
  • Employee references and background checks
  • Employee access to information
  • Employee medical testing
  • Searching employees and their property




Publications / Presentations
May 2012
Pension Claims in Employee Termination Cases
employment and labour bulletin
May 2012
employment and labour newsletter - May 2012
May 2012
case update - drug and alcohol testing
employment and labour bulletin
March 2012
internet and web-browsing: the importance of copyright assignments and potential vicarious liability for employers
employment and labour bulletin
March 2012
employee non-competition covenants: no place for blue pencils
employment and labour bulletin
March 2012
university's accommodation of anxiety disorder
education law bulletin
January 2012
seclusion intrusion: a common law tort for invasion of privacy
litigation and employment bulletin
December 2011
employment and labour newsletter - December 2011
November 2011
BC labour relations board dismisses charter challenge
employment and labour bulletin
November 2011
costs or no costs? reasonable or correct?
employment and labour bulletin
November 2011
suspect your employee is using drugs or drinking?
employment and labour bulletin
August 2011
employment and labour newsletter - August 2011
August 2011
social media policies in the workplace: what works best?
employment and labour bulletin
April 18, 2011
employee privacy rights finally recognized?
Employment and Labour Relations Bulletin