Surveillance and Investigations
Some employers expected that federal and provincial privacy
Acts would change the manner in which employers monitor
employees. This has not always been the case. As long as
an organization follows well-defined privacy requirements,
including notifying the employee of the purposes for surveillance,
they will usually be compliant with privacy legislation.
An employee privacy policy is an effective tool to inform
employees.
Investigations are generally a serious privacy concern
for employees. Thus an organization should document their
policies on investigations in the employee privacy policy.
The policy will inform employees that investigations will
take place without notification when required to investigate
a breach of an agreement, such as employee agreement.
Training Management on Employee Privacy is a Must
There are many employee privacy considerations for management.
For example, management must understand that when employees
exercise their right to access their personal information,
it will result in any and all documented comments made by
management being disclosed to the employee, without sanctions.
Also, management must understand that employee personal
information located on a desk is a privacy breach, as there
are insufficient safeguards to protect the information from
an improper disclosure.
These are but two of the privacy challenges for management.
A simple and effective method of raising management awareness
of employee privacy issues is the creation and implementation
of an employee privacy policy.
Create Employee Privacy Policies Today
If you have employees in British Columbia or Alberta, creating
an employee privacy policy is a mandatory legislative requirement.
Although Quebec's private sector privacy Act doesn't mandate
the creation of an employee privacy policy, it is an established
best practice. If your employees are in Ontario, many privacy
experts believe
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