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Workplace Privacy Presentation at the HRPA 20X Annual Conference and Trade Show
On January 27, 2010 I’ll be giving a presentation entitled “Everything You need to Know About Workplace Privacy” at the HRPA’s 20X Annual Conference and Trade Show. I designed … more →
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Workplace Privacy Presentation at the HRPA 20X Annual Conference and Trade Show
Dan Michaluk wrote 3 weeks ago: On January 27, 2010 I’ll be giving a presentation entitled “Everything You need to Know … more →
Couple posts on Slaw.ca of interest
Dan Michaluk wrote 3 weeks ago: I’ve posted two pieces on privacy over at slaw.ca in the last two weeks. The first is a criti … more →
Will Your Company E-mail Policy Eliminate Litigation?
Jason Shinn wrote 1 month ago: A recent federal court decision provides a text book example of how company e-mail policies when dra … more →
Case Report - Arbitrator says exhausting less intrusive means is not required to engage in workplace surveillance
Dan Michaluk wrote 2 months ago: On August 31st, Arbitrator Watters held that video surveillance evidence taken from a hidden camera … more →
Drug Policies and Training
Karen Sutherland wrote 2 months ago: In conjunction with Drug-Free Workplace Week, the U.S. Department of Labor has made available numero … more →
Case Report - Court upholds arbitrator order that stops call centre from recording calls... with reservations
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Dan Michaluk wrote 2 months ago: Today, the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia upheld a labour arbitrator’s order that required the H … more →
ITAC HR Forum - Presentation on managing employee use of social media applications
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Dan Michaluk wrote 2 months ago: I presented today on managing employee use of social media applications at the Human Resources Forum … more →
Case Report - Arbitrator Kaplan follows Imperial Oil case... says no to random alcohol testing
Dan Michaluk wrote 3 months ago: On August 27th, Arbitrator Bill Kaplan held that an employer breached its collective agreement by im … more →
Employer access to employee e-mails in Canada
Dan Michaluk wrote 4 months ago: I presented at an OBA privacy conference back in early June but held off posting a short paper I wro … more →
Case Report - Arbitrator says relevant surveillance evidence is admissible... period
Dan Michaluk wrote 4 months ago: There is a division in Canadian arbitral jurisprudence on whether an arbitrator can (or should) refu … more →
How Far Can Employers Go in Reading Employee E-mail?
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Jason Shinn wrote 5 months ago: Employers routinely face situations where they must investigate an employee suspected of misconduct. … more →
Case Report - Strong words on employers' interest in controlling employee computer use by the Alberta C.A.
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Dan Michaluk wrote 5 months ago: The Alberta Court of Appeal’s June 22nd judgement in Poliquin v. Devon Canada Corporation is n … more →
Today's "e-mail law" presentation
Dan Michaluk wrote 5 months ago: I was at the Osgoode PDP Electronic Evidence seminar today. There were great presentations all aroun … more →
When employees use business systems to communicate with their lawyers
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Dan Michaluk wrote 5 months ago: I just read Universal Sales, Limited v. Edinburgh Assurance Co. Ltd., a November 2008 judgement of t … more →
Case Report - Ont. C.A. allows criminal records check appeal about disclosure of withdrawn charges
Dan Michaluk wrote 6 months ago: Yesterday, the Ontario Court of Appeal held that a police service lawfully disclosed information abo … more →
Case Report - Ont. C.A. affirms arbitration board's principled attack on random drug testing
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Dan Michaluk wrote 6 months ago: Yesterday the Ontario Court of Appeal affirmed a December 2006 award by an arbitration board chaired … more →
Case Report - Arbitrator dismisses faculty association challenge to e-mail outsourcing
Dan Michaluk wrote 6 months ago: On May 11th, Arbitrator Joseph Carrier dismissed a grievance that claimed a university violated facu … more →
Case Report - Ont. SCJ says no expectation of privacy in data stored on work computer
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Dan Michaluk wrote 6 months ago: On April 28th, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice held that a teacher had no expectation of priva … more →
Case Report - BCCA deals with complaint by employee terminated after background check
Dan Michaluk wrote 7 months ago: On May 7th, the British Columbia Court of Appeal ordered a matter back to the Information and Privac … more →
