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Protecting the Privacy of Personal Health Information, and limiting the employer's right to disclosure (October 2008)
Privacy is a right subject to limitations and balancing with other competing rights and obligations. Employee interest in protection of privacy must be balanced against any reasonable need for accommodation, the employer's obligation to ensure a safe workplace for all, and the employer's reasonable expectation that employees will perform their obligations under the employment contract.
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Previous Legal Advisories
- Ratemyprofessor.ca: What can be done? (Apr 2006)
- Personal Health Information Protection (Jun 2005)
- Bill C-45 - An Act to Amend the Criminal Code of Canada (Mar 2005)
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