Workplace Privacy: New Laws

Course Code: WP

 

On 12 March 2014, important amendments to the federal Privacy Act take effect. These changes will have immediate and wide-ranging implications for workplace privacy. In particular, the amendments will be relevant to requests by employees to access personal information (including health information) and how such material can be stored. Other key workplace privacy concepts discussed in this course include the employee records exemption, which remains in force and unaffected by the upcoming changes.

 

This is a practical half-day course designed to answer questions including:

 

•    Can an employee access their personnel file?

•    Can unsuccessful job candidates see notes made by interviewers?

•    Can I disclose an employee's personal health information, and to whom?

•    Where can I keep confidential employee information?

•    What steps does my organisation need to take to comply with privacy laws?

•    What role does legal professional privilege play in workplace privacy?

 

Key concepts in this course are illustrated through the workshopping of practical scenarios, including those based on actual cases.

Learning Content

 

This half day programme covers:

•    Key definitions in privacy legislation that affect workplace privacy

•    Key definitions in health records legislation that affect workplace privacy

•    Employee records exemption

•    Crucial legal obligations in relation to the personal and health information of employees

•    Steps employers should take to comply with privacy legislation

•    Relationship between privacy and legal professional privilege

 

 

Learning Outcomes

 

At the conclusion of this programme, participants will:

•    Be able to identify different types of information and how each should be treated

•    Understand important legal obligations regarding privacy

•    Have a working knowledge of the employee records exemption

•    Be able to identify the steps their organisation should take to comply with privacy legislation

•    Understand the relationship between privacy and legal professional privilege

 

 

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