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Workplace confidentiality: more about insisting on privacy!

  • Stewart McKelvey
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  • Canada
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  • May 8 2013

The common law privacy right, or the tort of intrusion upon seclusion, arrived in Canada with Jones v. Tsige. That case arose when a bank employee

Social media policies in the workplace: a primer for employers

  • McMillan LLP
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  • Canada
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  • April 10 2013

The use of social media in the workplace has taken off in recent years and employers are struggling to keep up. With easier accessibility to the

Social media background checks in Canada do the risks outweigh the rewards?

  • McMillan LLP
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  • Canada
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  • April 10 2013

Background checks are an important tool for employers to assess the suitability of candidates for employment opportunities within the organization

Social media law (part 1: the rogue employee)

  • Field Law LLP
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  • Canada
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  • February 11 2013

Social media law was not a topic on offer when I went to law school. Now, it's a subject that's hard to avoid for any business that has a

Facing discipline for Facebook postings

  • Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
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  • Canada
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  • April 27 2012

More than ever, Facebook and other social media networks serve as a means of communication and a source of information

Former employee’s Facebook post about settlement breached confidentiality provision in settlement agreement: tribunal reduced employee’s monetary award

  • Dentons
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  • Canada
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  • February 21 2013

Trish-Ann Tremblay had entered into a settlement agreement with her former employer, 1168531 Ontario Inc., on September 13, 2011, with respect to the

Fireme! Website warns Twitter users about tweets that may get them fired

  • Heenan Blaikie LLP
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  • Canada
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  • April 2 2013

Who wants to get fired? This question is the tag line on the website FireMe! (Warning: language may be offensive to some readers). FireMe! Tracks

Social media update: are your employees doing “The Harlem Shake”?

  • Rubin Thomlinson LLP
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  • Australia, Canada, USA
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  • March 4 2013

Employers will no doubt concede that social media is ubiquitous, and is beginning to permeate the boundary between personal life and professional

Employers’ use of facebook in the hiring process it’s not a “like”

  • Alexander Holburn Beaudin + Lang
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  • Canada
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  • March 23 2012

Can employers require prospective employees to provide access to their Facebook profiles and accounts?

The global employer: the social media issue

  • Baker & McKenzie
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  • Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, Russia, Singapore, Spain, United Kingdom, USA
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  • September 25 2012

Social media is changing the way that we communicate, work and do business, wherever we are in the world