Workplace Privacy and Human Rights

Training Provided by Lorman Education Services Discover how to navigate the minefields of workplace privacy and human rights with ease. Attend this enlightening seminar and stay abreast of the latest trends on how privacy and human rights laws apply in the workplace. Our seasoned professionals will provide practical answers to your most pressing questions about employee monitoring, including email and Internet surveillance. You'll get an inside look at how to respond to confusing issues surrounding employee medical information. Take advantage of this opportunity to make sure you stay current and stay out of trouble. You'll hear proven techniques for handling any privacy and human rights issues you encounter. Sign up today! Benefits for You - Tips on balancing your employees' privacy against your company's need to know - Discover when you can - and should - implement a drug and alcohol policy and testing in your workplace - Expand your radar to account for privacy concerns regarding reference letters - Revamp how you approach employee background checks - Avoid the hotbed of privacy issues that arise when you terminate an employee

Workplace Privacy and Human Rights Agenda

8:30 am - 9:00 am Registration

9:00 am - 10:30 am Employee Background Checks

- Jill W. Wilkie

- Reasons for Performing Background Checks on Employees

- What Information Should an Employer Seek Out?

- Privacy Concerns Regarding Outsourcing of Background Checks

- Privacy Concerns Regarding Reference Checks

Privacy Issues Upon Termination of an Employee

- Jill W. Wilkie

- What Documents Should Be Retained?

- How Should Documents Be Destroyed?

- Access to Information Requests

- Privacy Concerns Regarding Reference Letters

10:30 am - 10:45 am Break

10:45 am - 12:15 pm Drug and Alcohol Policy and Testing in the Workplace

- Loretta M. Bouwmeester

- When a Drug and Alcohol Policy Is Appropriate

- Effective Use of a Drug and Alcohol Policy - Testing Is Only One Component of a Comprehensive Strategy

- Human Rights Issues

- Discrimination

- Duty to Accommodate

- Privacy Issues (PIPA and PIPEDA)

- Union Grievance Issues

- Policy Grievance

- Individual Grievances

- Practical Recommendations

12:15 pm - 1:15 pm Lunch (On Your Own)

1:15 pm - 2:45 pm Employee Monitoring and Surveillance

- Kristine Robidoux, Q.C.

- Internet and Email Usage Monitoring

- Video Surveillance of Employees: On-Site Overt and Covert, Off-Site Surreptitious

- Collection of GPS and EDR Data From Company Vehicles

- Biometric Identification of Employees

2:45 pm - 3:00 pm Break

3:00 pm - 4:30 pm Privacy and the Duty to Accommodate: Balancing the Employee's Privacy Against the Employer's Need to Know

- Kelly R. Nicholson

- How Does the Law Balance an Employee's Privacy Interest in Medical Information With an Employer's Need to Accommodate Physical and Mental Disabilities?

- How Much Medical Information Is an Employer Entitled to See?

- Can an Employer Compel an Employee to Disclose Medical Information?

- Can an Employer Compel an Employee to Submit to a Medical Examination?

- Is an Employer Entitled to Communicate Directly With an Employee's Doctor?

- Can an Employer Discipline or Terminate an Employee for Failing to Disclose Medical Information?

About The Training Provider: Lorman Education Services

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