Privacy Expectations In The Workplace: What Alberta Employers Should Know

Privacy is not just a concern for large corporations or highly regulated industries. In Alberta, most businesses have legal obligations to protect employee personal information and to handle that information carefully throughout the employment relationship and even after the employment relationship has ended.

Many privacy issues arise not because employers act in bad faith, but because they are unaware of what the law requires, or assume their business is "too small" to be affected. This article provides a brief overview of privacy and access laws affecting Alberta businesses including which laws apply, what employers are responsible for, and how to respond when employees ask to see their personal information.