Send article

The Right to Protection of Private Life of workers in the province of Quebec

Authors

  • Francisco Villanueva École des Sciences de la Gestion de la Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM)
Vol. 8 No. 15 (2017): Primer Semestre
https://doi.org/10.5354/0719-7551.2017.47381

Abstract

Protecting the privacy of workers is one of the most sensitive issues in the field of labor relations in Quebec, a Canadian province that adheres to the liberal tradition. Quebec is not immune to the tensions raised by the panoply of employer’s measures designed to tighten control over the workers that, at the same time, endanger their right to privacy. The answer of workers to this menace has been resorting to the judicial system and to labour arbitration, especially in the case of unionized companies. This article addresses the legal framework that guarantees the right to privacy in Quebec and analyzes a total of ten judgments that illustrate the development of jurisprudence characterized by a rigorous control of managerial decisions that may restrict or violate it

Keywords:

right to privacy, labour relations, Quebec.

Author Biography

Francisco Villanueva, École des Sciences de la Gestion de la Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM)

Doctor en Derecho. Profesor de la École des sciences de la gestion de la Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM). Línea de investigación principal: Derechos fundamentales de los trabajadores. Línea de investigación secundaria: Mundialización y Derecho del Trabajo, trabajadores migrantes, condicionalidad social.

Downloads

Altmetrics
How to Cite
Villanueva, F. (2017). The Right to Protection of Private Life of workers in the province of Quebec. Revista Chilena De Derecho Del Trabajo Y De La Seguridad Social, 8(15), 37–63. https://doi.org/10.5354/0719-7551.2017.47381
ACM ACS APA ABNT Chicago Harvard IEEE MLA Turabian Vancouver
Endnote/Zotero/Mendeley (RIS) BibTeX
 
Revista Chilena de Derecho del Trabajo y de la Seguridad Social
Facultad de Derecho
Universidad de Chile
DATOS DE INVESTIGACIÓN
Dirección de Servicios de Información y Bibliotecas (SISIB)