Ontario proposes new law that will require employers to tell workers if they're being electronically tracked
CTV
The Ontario government is introducing a new law that will force companies to tell their employees if they're being monitored electronically.
The proposed law would require companies in Ontario with 25 or more employees to have a written contract in place that spells out how company computers, cell phones, GPS systems, and other electronic devices are being tracked.
"We'll be the first in Canada to do this," Ontario’s Minister of Labour, Training and Skills Development, Monte McNaughton, told CTV News Toronto. "This is yet another step to really rebalance the scales and put workers in the driver's seat."
According to the government, the contract will need to contain information on whether an employer electronically monitors its workers, and if so, a description of how and when the employer does this.
If employers are electronically tracking their workers, they will also have to disclose the purpose of collecting that information.
