‘Employer Wrongfully Dismisses Employee for Alleged Confidentiality Breach’

“In Jones v Bayview Credit Union (‘Jones‘), an employer wrongfully dismissed an employee due to allegations that the employee disclosed confidential client information, violating confidentiality policies and procedures. Although the employee had accessed client information in the context of providing services to another client, this practice did not breach any client’s confidentiality rights. Instead, the employee remained alert to relevant privacy issues while accessing the confidential information of one client while assisting another …” (more)

[Yosie Saint-Cyr, Slaw, 20 May]

First posted 2021-05-21 11:45:09

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