Letting Employees Connect Their Personal Mobile Devices Without Compromising Network Security – Ask The Expert
Implement a mobile devices acceptable use policy to protect the integrity of company and customer data QUESTION What policies do I need to ensure that employees who use smart phones to access […]
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Mobile Device Company Policy
While it enables connectivity and work from remote locations, allowing employees to connect their personal cell phones, laptops, tablets and other personal mobile devices to your company’s IT systems and […]
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The Right to Disconnect
Never has it been more difficult for Canadian workers to achieve a proper balance between life and work. With labour in short supply, employees are being pressured to work longer hours; […]
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A Review of Medical Surveillance In Occupational Health Programs
DATE: April 28, 2022 TIME: 11:00AM PT SPEAKER: Doug Trout Click Here to Register This session will provide an overview of several aspects of medical screening and surveillance as part of an Occupational Health […]
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Ontario Proposes New Legal Framework For Digital Platform Workers
The Ontario provincial government recently introduced legislation that, if passed, would establish a new legal framework for “digital platform work” in Ontario. The proposed Digital Platform Workers’ Rights Act, 2022 (the Act) […]
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Ontario’s Bill 88 Would Establish Electronic Monitoring Policies, Create Rights For Workers On Digital Platforms, And Require Naloxone Kits
On February 28, 2022, the Government of Ontario introduced Bill 88, the Working for Workers Act, 2022. Bill 88 would enact the Digital Platform Workers' Rights Act, 2022, which would establish rights for […]
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Surreptitious Recordings Of Colleagues At Work May Be Cause For Dismissal
In Shalagin v. Mercer Celgar Limited Partnership, 2022 BCSC 112, the British Columbia Supreme Court found that an employee's surreptitious recording of colleagues was cause for dismissal. The Court also provided helpful […]
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Avoid Privacy Violations When Using GPS and Other Monitoring Technologies for Safety
Digitally monitoring employees can get you into trouble even if you’re just trying to ensure safety. Use of GPS, cell phone and other digital technologies to monitor workers’ activities and whereabouts […]
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New Ontario Law Requires Employers to Adopt Digital Monitoring Policies
January 1, 2023 is the deadline to get your policy in place. Like many employers, your company may rely on the use of GPS, cell phone and other digital technologies to […]
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Use of GPS in Company Vehicles Policy
Ontario employers that use GPS, cell phone or other digital technology to monitor their workers must adopt a written policy describing the technology and how it’s used by January 1, […]
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More New Requirements On The Horizon For Ontario Employers
On February 24, 2022, the Ontario government announced it would be introducing legislation requiring large employers to “tell their workers if, how and why” they are being monitored electronically. This […]
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Ontario Introduces Electronic Monitoring Legislation
On February 28, Ontario issued Bill 88, the Working for Workers Act, 2022, a first of its kind workplace electronic monitoring legislation requiring Ontario employers to give notice of "electronic monitoring." The […]
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Ontario Proposes A Minimum Wage And Other Work-Related Protections For Digital Platform Workers
On February 28, 2022, Bill 88, the Working for Workers Act, 2022, was introduced in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. The Bill is omnibus legislation which proposes to enact the Digital Platform […]
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Bill 88, Working For Workers Act, 2022: Ontario Introducing More Changes For Employers
In a lead up to the upcoming provincial election, the Ontario legislature is busy again introducing significant changes to employment related legislation. On February 28, 2022, Ontario introduced Bill 88, […]
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Guidance For Ontario Employers On Disconnecting From Work Policies And Non-Compete Agreements
On December 2, 2021, the Working for Workers Act, 2021 (the "Act") received royal assent. As we discussed in an earlier update, the Act, among other things, amends the Employment Standards Act, 2000 ("ESA") by […]
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Ontario Government Continues To Strengthen Workers’ Rights: Introduces The Working For Workers Act, 2022
On February 28, 2022, the Government of Ontario introduced Bill 88, Working for Workers Act, 2022 ("Bill 88"), which if passed, would introduce new legislation regarding digital platform workers, as well […]
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Clarification To Law Of Employee Surveillance
Elevator law, according to one colleague and despite our best attempts to intervene, has its ups and downs. It has a unique set of characteristics, including its own elevator union […]
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Ontario Will Require Certain Employers To Implement Electronic Monitoring Policies
On February 24, 2022, the Government of Ontario announced that it will introduce new legislation requiring employers with 25 or more workers to implement a written electronic monitoring policy for their employees. According […]
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More Mandatory Policies For Ontario Employers
Electronic Monitoring Policy On February 24, 2022, the provincial government announced that it intends to introduce new legislation within a few weeks that will require employers to inform their workers if […]
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Who Owns What? Employer and Employee Ownership of Intellectual Property in Canada
One of the hottest topics in intellectual property ownership is the question of who owns inventions or copyright in works developed by artificial intelligence. However, the vast majority of intellectual […]
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COVID-19: Food Plant’s Mandatory Vaccine Policy Doesn’t Violate Workers’ Privacy
Mandatory vaccine has withstood another legal challenge. This case involved a Hamilton food plant that required workers to disclose their vaccination status. The union claimed that the policy violated workers’ […]
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Privacy: Employer Doesn’t Have to Stop Using Allegedly Privacy-Invasive GPS App
An elevator construction and maintenance firm issued employees a mobile device that, among other things, deploys global positioning satellite (GPS) technology to track their whereabouts during work hours. The union […]
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Unreasonable Not to Let Employee Exposed to COVID-19 Work from Home
A secretary exposed to a confirmed COVID-19 case at work was denied permission to work at home while awaiting her test results due to “security reasons.” The employer also refused […]
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Arbitrator Upholds Firing Staffer for Unauthorized Access of Patient Records
A hospital fired a Kidney Care Program clerk with 14 years of service for improperly accessing a patient’s medical record. The clerk denied accessing the information; but the hospital’s witnesses […]
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Privacy Law in the Workplace
Recorded Date: November 23, 2021 Time: 9:00 AM – 10:30 AM PST Speaker: Jill Wilkie Recording: To access the recording of this webinar, please go here. As a member of OHS Insider, use discount […]
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Employer Ordered to Stop Video Surveillance of Union Workers
Installing surveillance cameras monitoring the whereabouts of aeronautic parts plant employees throughout their shift was tough for the union to take, especially since the installation occurred during a prolonged and […]
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Legal Drug Disclosure Policy Is Enforceable for Safety-Sensitive Workers Only
A Crown corporation in Québec adopted a policy requiring dockworkers to disclose their use of medical marijuana or other legally prescribed medications that could potentially impair them at work. The […]
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Nuclear Plants Can’t Do Random Drug Testing Until Privacy Issues Are Resolved
After 10 years of study, the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission issued a regulation requiring nuclear power plants to perform random alcohol and drug testing on safety-sensitive workers. As expected, when […]
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Mandatory Use of Time Tracking App Violates Employees’ Privacy
A tunnel engineering firm unilaterally implemented a rule requiring employees to download an electronic timesheet app called ExakTime enabling the company to monitor their start, stop and break times, as […]
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Installing Camera in Truck to Analyze Accident Causes Is Valid Safety Measure
The union claimed that installing a DriveCam system in the cockpit of concrete mixers was an unwarranted intrusion of drivers’ privacy. The employer contended it was a justifiable safety measure […]
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