The Electronic Monitoring Procedures apply to all of District School Board Ontario North East (the employer) employees, temporary help agencies, volunteers, trustees, and shareholders.
The employer may use electronic monitoring at any time to ensure the health and safety of employees and students, to evaluate employee performance, to ensure the appropriate use of employer equipment, and to ensure work is being performed during working hours.
Information obtained through electronic monitoring may be used by the employer for the purpose of assessing overall employee performance, productivity, to ensure the appropriate use of Board equipment, and to ensure work is being performed during work hours. If, however, the employer discovers through its electronic monitoring that an employee has been accessing inappropriate websites, engaging in communications contrary to Board policies, participating in wilful misconduct, disobedience, or wilful neglect of duty that is not trivial and has not been condoned by the employer, the employer can use that information for any reason and can rely on electronic monitoring information to discipline an employee, up to termination.
