CBA:

Getting back to work

Sorting through the many privacy issues as businesses get their workplaces ready.

“Some of the issues employers will be juggling:

How much health-related information can employers ask from their staff?
What kinds of technologies can they employ to keep people safe? Contact tracing keycards? Location tracking?
Where does the data get kept? For how long? When does it get destroyed?
Can much screening can employers impose or recommend? Body temperature checks? Swabs? Serological tests (i.e. blood work)?
Can people be told to return to work? What if they are immunocompromised?
If an office does not reopen, does that change the conditions of employment under the employment contract?”

Canadian Bar Assn: Getting back to work Sorting through the many privacy issues as businesses get their workplaces ready