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dc.contributor.supervisorSchwartz, Bryan (Law)en
dc.contributor.authorBueckert, Melanie R.
dc.date.accessioned2008-09-15T21:17:08Z
dc.date.available2008-09-15T21:17:08Z
dc.date.issued2008-09-15T21:17:08Z
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1993/3086
dc.description.abstractThis thesis addresses the topic of electronic employee monitoring in non-unionized workplaces in Canada. Electronic employee monitoring is defined as including (1) the use of electronic devices to review and evaluate employees’ performance; (2) ‘electronic surveillance’; and (3) employers’ use of computer forensics. Detailed consideration is given to a variety of technologies, including computer, internet and e-mail monitoring, location awareness technologies (such as global positioning systems and radio frequency identification), as well as biometrics, and the developing case law surrounding these innovations. Analogies are drawn to the jurisprudence developing with respect to unionized workplaces and under statutory unjust dismissal regimes. This analysis leads to the conclusion that legislative reform is necessary, either through (1) the creation of parallel private sector privacy regimes, such as those in British Columbia and Alberta, mirroring existing federal legislation; (2) amendments to existing employment standards legislation; or (3) the enactment of a stand-alone surveillance statute.en
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dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.rightsopen accessen_US
dc.subjectPrivacyen
dc.subjectLawen
dc.subjectEmploymenten
dc.subjectSurveillanceen
dc.subjectMonitoringen
dc.subjectComputeren
dc.subjectBiometricsen
dc.subjectGPSen
dc.subjectRFIDen
dc.titleWatching workers: a critical review of the law regarding electronic employee monitoring in non-unionized workplaces in Canadaen
dc.typemaster thesisen_US
dc.degree.disciplineLawen_US
dc.contributor.examiningcommitteeParkes, Debra (Law) Geist, Michael (University of Ottawa Faculty of Law)en
dc.degree.levelMaster of Laws (LL.M.)en_US
dc.description.noteOctober 2008en


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