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Three of the most popular articles this week on HRinfodesk

February 6, 2014 Yosie Saint-Cyr, LL.B. Managing Editor Employee Relations, Employment/Labour Standards, HR Policies and Procedures, Human Resources, Human Rights, Payroll, Privacy and Security, Wages and Compensation

Three of the most popular articles this week on HRinfodesk deal with an employer who accessed an employee’s email without consent; an employee who was constructively dismissed after required to perform several extra functions in addition to his job; and how workplace accommodation is only triggered upon full disclosure of disability.

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Video surveillance and the workplace – Part 2

April 20, 2012 David Hyde Human Resources, Privacy and Security

A mixture of incognizance and apathy often prevails in the private sector when it comes to understanding and applying legal privacy considerations in the installation and use of video cameras…

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Customer privacy policies and employee handling of customer personal information

June 23, 2010 Yosie Saint-Cyr, LL.B. Managing Editor Human Resources, Privacy and Security

A weekend Toronto Star article reported that employees at the Canada Revenue Agency are improperly reviewing the private financial affairs of taxpayers. Some are using agency computers to give favoured treatment to colleagues, friends, family—and themselves…

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Background checks: Of job applications and credit checks

March 2, 2010 Adam Gorley Human Resources, Recruiting and Hiring

Starting in 2006, Mark’s Work Wearhouse in Alberta was running background credit checks on employees looking for work at the clothing store. Not criminal record checks; not general reference checks; credit checks.

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