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Sask. health region employee who ‘snooped’ on 900+ records won’t get job back

Posted on March 8, 2016 by Dissent

Micki Cowan reports:

A Saskatchewan X-ray technologist won’t be getting her job back after she was fired for “snooping” on hundreds of patient records without due cause, a breach of the Health Information Protection Act.

A recently released labour arbitration decision shows that the employee — who claimed she was looking at the records for “educational purposes” — has been denied a union grievance request to have her job back and to receive compensation for her lost wages and benefits.

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1 thought on “Sask. health region employee who ‘snooped’ on 900+ records won’t get job back”

  1. Anonymous says:
    March 9, 2016 at 7:18 am

    For Educational purposes without consent……

    This is one where “It is better to ask for forgiveness than beg for permission” does not apply.

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