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By Nancy Currie | 2 Minutes Read February 11, 2021

How, where and when to wear a mask

disposable maskTo help with the enforcement of the mandatory mask rule, WorkSafeBC created several posters for employers to post in their workplaces that outline the specifics of how, where and when to wear a mask.

Article by Nancy Currie / Business, Employee Relations, Health and Safety, Human Rights / British Columbia, Covid19, employment law, HR policies, mask orders, masks, pandemic, policypro, posters, postings, WorksafeBC

By Adam Gorley | 4 Minutes Read September 23, 2015

Accommodating scent and dust allergies the right way

A teacher with a severe allergy to dust and scents was sufficiently accommodated by her employer, despite ongoing challenges with exposure, according to a recent decision of the British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal.

Article by Adam Gorley / Employee Relations, Health and Safety, Human Rights, Payroll / accommodating scent allergy, accommodation, allergies, British Columbia, cooperation in accommodation process, dust allergies, employment law, exposure control plan, exposure to any scents, hypersensitivity to scent, psychological harassment, scent allergies, scent sensitivity, scent-free environment, scent-free or fragrance-free policy, severe allergy, undue hardship

By Adam Gorley | 5 Minutes Read August 24, 2015

Employee monitoring software an unnecessary violation of privacy

A municipality in British Columbia showed a “near-complete lack of awareness and understanding” of BC's Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act and made no effort to assess potential privacy violations when it implemented employee-monitoring software on the computers of a dozen high-level employees, including the mayor.

Article by Adam Gorley / Business, Finance and Accounting, Information Technology, Payroll, Privacy / British Columbia, consent, email filtering, employee monitoring, employee monitoring software, event log analysis, external audit, failure to obtain consent, FIPPA, firewall, Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, Information and Privacy Commissioner, information audit, Intrusion Detection System, Intrusion Prevention System, keystroke logging, legal compliance, Privacy audit, Privacy Commissioner, privacy management program, proactive security, reactive security, screenshot recording, Spector 360, user logs, web filtering

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