November 17, 2005 12:30 p.m. EST

Playback: Nov. 21, 2005 3:30 p.m. EST

Anne Gregory

Union Counsel
UFCW, Local 832

Adriana Wills

Employer Counsel
Harris & Company

Nini Jones

Union Counsel
Paliare Roland Rosenberg Rothstein

Some of the questions to be addressed:

• Can employers monitor employees' internet and e-mail usage? Do employees have a reasonable expectation of privacy in relation to workplace e-mail?
  
  
• By using employer equipment for private communication, do employees implicitly consent to monitoring?
  
  
• Are employees' privacy rights limited if they are given notice that computer usage is monitored?
  
  
• What constitutes internet e-mail abuse, and when does it warrant discipline?
  
  
• What impact, if any, does the constant monitoring of work and work habits have on employees?
  
  
• What approaches have arbitrators adopted toward the admissibility of evidence obtained through computer monitoring?
  
  
• What impact does recent privacy legislation (e.g. PIPEDA) have on employees' use of e-mail and internet at the workplace?
  
  
• In defining the scope of privacy rights, is there a difference in the attitudes of courts, privacy commissions and arbitrators? What tests do they apply?
  
  
• What polices and best practices have employers adopted in dealing with e-mail and internet use?

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— Colleen Ionson, Labour Relations Officer, Ontario Nurses' Association

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