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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

By Marie-Yosie Saint-Cyr, LL.B. Managing Editor | < 1 Minutes Read March 7, 2013

Most-viewed articles this week on HRinfodesk

The three most viewed articles on HRinfodesk this week deal with whether an employer had the right to terminate an employee's employment without notice , how a government employee alleged discrimination on the basis of disability and the Ontario Labour Relations Board's decision permitting the use of telematic devices to monitor company vehicles.

Article by Marie-Yosie Saint-Cyr, LL.B. Managing Editor / Employee Relations, Employment Standards, Human Rights, Privacy, Union Relations / Alberta Employment Standards, breach of employment contract, discrimination, discrimination on the basis of disability, duty to accommodate, egregious conduct, employee terminated improperly without notice, employee termination, Employer monitoring, employment contract, employment law, Human rights grievance, legitimate business reasons, Ontario Labour Relations Board, right to privacy, telematics devices, termination, termination without notice, terminations, use of company vehicles, working hours, workplace accommodation, workplace investigation, workplace surveillance

By Christina Catenacci, BA, LLB, LLM, PhD | 4 Minutes Read April 30, 2010

A very expensive case of bad-faith termination and sick pay fraud

I recently read an interesting case about sick pay fraud and bad-faith termination. After reading the employer’s version of what happened, I was pretty convinced...

Article by Christina Catenacci, BA, LLB, LLM, PhD / Employment Standards / absence, arbitration, bad faith termination, Canada, collective agreement, disability management, dishonesty, employee fraud, employee surveillance, employment law, evidence, fraud, injury, lie, ontario, sick leave, sick pay, termination, video surveillance, workplace surveillance, wrongful dismissal

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