When employers are investigating allegations of wrongdoing, they need the co-operation of witnesses who are often colleagues of the accused. It can create uncomfortable situations, with people afraid to speak…
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FeaturedOccupational Health & Safety
N.L.’s privacy commissioner backs decision to protect witness confidentiality in workplace accident case
Newfoundland and Labrador’s Information and Privacy Commissioner has ruled that the Department of Digital Government and Service NL was right to withhold witness statements from an injured worker who sought…
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FeaturedPrivacyWrongful Dismissal
Ontario court orders TD Bank to produce unredacted complaints, workplace investigation documents
The Ontario Superior Court of Justice has ordered the Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD) to produce unredacted versions of employee complaints, a whistleblower complaint, and an investigation report in a wrongful dismissal…
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Arbitration/Labour RelationsFeatured
Supreme Court of Canada affirms teachers’ workplace privacy rights
In a landmark decision, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled that Ontario public school boards are subject to the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, particularly Section 8, which protects…
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Miller Thomson has announced the creation of its new Technology, Intellectual Property, and Privacy Law Group. This initiative aims to enhance client services in managing and securing intellectual property, as…
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FeaturedUncategorized
NL Hydro ordered to release data on employees who self-identify as having disabilities by privacy commissioner
Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro (NL Hydro) has been directed to provide records concerning its employees who self-identify as having disabilities following a decision by the province’s Information and Privacy Commissioner,…
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FeaturedPrivacySexual Harassment
Teaching assistant at TMU entitled to see invoice, but not investigation report into sexual violence complaint: Privacy commissioner
Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU) has been ordered to release a financial document to a former teaching assistant it fired, but the majority of records related to a sexual violence complaint…
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FeaturedSexual Harassment
CBSA employee granted confidentiality order to shield medical records from man she accused of sexual harassment, assault
A Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) worker who doesn’t want the man she accused of sexually harassing and assaulting her during employment to view her private medical records has been…
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FeaturedPrivacy
N.W.T.’s privacy commissioner rules school district can’t release video of high-profile incident between minor, employee
The Information and Privacy Commissioner for the Northwest Territories overturned a decision by a school district to release surveillance video footage, citing a failure to properly assess the public interest…
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Arbitration/Labour RelationsFeatured
City of Regina worker’s DFR complaint against his union following safety-related suspension, misdirected email dismissed
The Saskatchewan Labour Relations Board has dismissed two complaints filed by an employee of the City of Regina against his union, the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), Local 21.…
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