"Employer Rights and Obligations in Connection with Employee Personal Medical Information", Meeting of the Council of Industrial Relations Executives, June 2010
Date:
June 14 2010
Carman Overholt, Q.C.
and Matthew Curtis, with the assistance of articling student David R. Phillips, co-wrote the paper "Employer Rights and Obligations in Connection with Employee Personal Medical Information" for the Meeting of the Council of Industrial Relations Executives in Vancouver.
Requesting medical information from an employee raises innumerable legal issues related to privacy, human rights and workplace safety. Employers are legally responsible for maintaining a healthy and safe workplace while at the same time managing their business in accordance with human rights and privacy legislation. Managing a business involves dealing with employees who are disabled and require some form of accommodation. Given the legal framework, employers may be understandably apprehensive about requesting medical information from their employees.
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