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expectation of privacy

By SpringLaw | 2 Minutes Read March 11, 2020

Surveillance in the workplace

Workplace privacy is an evolving and somewhat muddy area of law. In Ontario, our key employment law statutes, the Employment Standards Act and the Occupational Health and Safety Act, are silent on the issue of privacy. Yet surveillance is ubiquitous.

Article by SpringLaw / Employee Relations, Employment Standards, Health and Safety, Privacy / employment law, expectation of privacy, PIPEDA, surveillance, surveillance cameras, video surveillance

By Occasional Contributors | 3 Minutes Read December 5, 2019

Case involving voyeuristic teacher leads to clarification of law relating to private vs. ‎public places and provides valuable lesson for employers

On August 27th, 2019 former Ontario school teacher Ryan Jarvis was sentenced to six months in jail and 12 months’ probation after the Supreme Court of Canada (“SCC”) convicted him of voyeurism earlier this year.

Article by Occasional Contributors / Employee Relations, Human Rights, Privacy / Breach of privacy, criminal code, employment law, expectation of privacy, privacy, voyeurism

By Occasional Contributors | 5 Minutes Read August 8, 2017

Video cameras in the workplace – The Vigi Santé Ltée decision: The Court of Appeal weighs in

The presence of video cameras in the workplace, as well as other measures of surveillance put in place by employers, have generated considerable commentary in recent years in Quebec. Administrative and civil tribunals are increasingly called upon to rule on the legality of these measures which are increasingly accessible to employers, as well as to assess their probative value in the context of the administration of evidence.

Article by Occasional Contributors / Employee Relations, Employment Standards, Human Rights, Privacy, Union Relations / Charter of Human Rights and Freedom, employment law, expectation of privacy, privacy law, right to just and reasonable conditions of work, surveillance cameras, video cameras in the workplace, Vigi Santé, workplace surveillance

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