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By Marie-Yosie Saint-Cyr, LL.B. Managing Editor | < 1 Minutes Read December 10, 2015

Three popular articles this week on HRinfodesk

Three popular articles this week on HRinfodesk deal with 2016 payroll rates; employee’s cellphone records; and, terminating an employee on medical leave.

Article by Marie-Yosie Saint-Cyr, LL.B. Managing Editor / Employee Relations, Employment Standards, Human Rights, Payroll, Privacy, Union Relations / 2016 payroll rates, 2016 payroll rates chart, duty to accommodate, employee’s cellphone records, employment law, HRinfodesk, leave of absence, terminating an employee on medical leave, unionized employee

By Adam Gorley | 3 Minutes Read July 25, 2014

Arbitrators should apply ‘privacy spectrum’ to personal information

arbitrators-privacy-spectrumThe names of people involved in labour arbitration should be disclosed with the arbitrator’s decisions, unless there are compelling reasons not to do so, according to the open-court principle and the public’s interest. The British Columbia Labour Relations Board affirmed the law in a recent review of an arbitrator’s decision. The board also affirmed arbitrators’ discretion to disclose or withhold personal information under the Labour Relations Code and Personal Information Protection Act.

The case arose when a unionized employee was disciplined and the union grieved the punishment. The employee sought to have his name left out from the arbitrator’s decision-or anonymized by using only his initials. The union presented a number of arguments for why grievors’ and witnesses’ names should not be published in arbitration decisions:

  • The open court principle does not apply to labour arbitrators, because labour arbitrators are primarily a private dispute mechanism
  • Privacy legislation is quasi-constitutional
… Continue reading “Arbitrators should apply ‘privacy spectrum’ to personal information”

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