Use of the internet, including email, in the organized Canada workplace, the right of free speech, attacks on the public employer by an employee, and… Read More »Free speech and privacy in the internet age: The Canadian perspective
The author notes a lack of legislation and common law for new forms of employee surveillance and monitoring, and proposes criteria for their use.
The authors describe the usefulness of electronic surveillance, the judicial endorsement of its use (except where in violation of the ECPA), the constraint of “unreasonable… Read More »Performance monitoring and arbitration: Management perspective
Monitoring of call center employees’ conversations and data about phone use and computer use data raise “right of privacy” issues. Judicial and legislative approaches to… Read More »Employee privacy, monitoring, and new technologyMonitoring and new office systems
The author describes the pernicious effects of performance monitoring on employees: its intrusiveness, the lack of notice afforded employees of its use and how the… Read More »Employee privacy, monitoring, and new technologyA union viewpoint
The author distinguishes between the Supreme Court’s finding of a Constitutional right of personal privacy from governmental action and actions by private employers. “Instead of… Read More »Employee privacy, monitoring, and new technologyA management viewpoint