Drug and alcohol policies should be accompanied by clear policies respecting the collection, use, and disclosure
of employee personal information concerning drug and alcohol testing.
The importance of providing notice to employees prior to collecting and
using employee personal information is highlighted in Zelstoff Celgar Ltd. v. Public and Private Workers of Canada, Local 1 (Negreiff Grievance), [2017] B.C.C.A.A.A. No. 28 (Blasina).
Employers have always
collected employee personal information — names, contact information, banking information, and so on — but new technologies have expanded the type of information that employers now have access to.
Office Clerk, November 2009 to Present Hartmann Technology - New Cityland, CA • Monitored status and security of internal database, inputted data and
managed employee personal information • Processed and sorted incoming mail, facilitated delivery of outgoing mail • Answered phones, responded to customers and greeted customers
In the course of his investigation, the peace officer, on his own accord and without authorization from the employer,
used employee personal information to run credit checks on these employees, believing that financial difficulty could indicate a possible motive.
While PIPEDA is inapplicable to
employee personal information (excluding federally - regulated organizations and any organization operating in one of the three Territories), lawyers and law firms may be subject to Provincial privacy legislation.
In any event, employers should ensure their privacy policies clearly state that
employee personal information will not be protected where disclosure is required by law.
Employee personal information, as the Bernard LLP Employee Privacy Policy applies to such information.
Reviewed and maintained storage files for all vendors, customers, and employee personal information
Process daily paper work like financial reports, requisitions, memos and employees personal information