Privacy commissioner looks into several complaints about handling of medical and accommodation information
Saskatchewan’s privacy commissioner has found a city supervisor breached an employee’s privacy by reading an attendance letter where co-workers could overhear.
However, they cleared the employer on six other complaints about how it handled medical and accommodation information.
In an investigation report dated Oct. 7, 2026, Saskatchewan information and privacy commissioner Grace Hession David reviewed seven privacy complaints raised by a former city employee. The city had already conceded one of them.
The commissioner found no breach in the other six and recommended that the city keep requiring all employees to take mandatory annual privacy training.
The employee worked for the city for more than a decade and resigned in August 2025, following an extended medical leave in 2024. In a July 2025 letter, the employee listed seven alleged privacy breaches linked to workplace accommodation and a job competition.
The sixth complaint centred on a meeting with a supervisor. According to the employee, the supervisor turned down repeated requests for union representation, then read an attendance support letter aloud within earshot of administrative staff. The letter dealt with the employee’s sick leave and attendance at work.
The city looked into it and conceded the breach, calling it a departure from practice. It pointed to its code of conduct and an...
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