Surveillance électronique par l’employeur : le test applicable

By Andréane Giguère on November 29, 2022 Posted in Canada, Québec

Plusieurs employeurs se questionnent quant à la surveillance électronique qu’ils peuvent effectuer auprès de leurs employés, notamment dans un contexte de télétravail en hausse. Le 7 février 2022, la Cour supérieure du Québec, appliquant la norme de la décision raisonnable, a confirmé[1] une sentence arbitrale rendue le 3 août 2020[2] concluant à la légalité de … Continue reading

Data protection and employment law update (Italy)

By Attilio Pavone on July 21, 2017 Posted in Data privacy and GDPR, Europe, Italy

The Italian Data Protection Authority (IDPA) is increasingly faced with issues relating to the ways employers may monitor the Internet usage of its employees. In 2016, the Authority handed down two important decisions on this topic. In the first decision, the IDPA stated that an Italian University (the University of Chieti and Pescara) was acting … Continue reading

Employees’ rights and obligations relating to the use of social media in France

By Judicaël Fouquet on November 28, 2014 Posted in Data privacy and GDPR, Europe, France

The impact of the use of social media in the workplace has regularly given rise to controversies and debates as how this subject is to be handled by a company’s management. The current state of employment law is still not entirely settled in this respect. It is however possible to provide some guidance on the … Continue reading