McGill University Non-Academic Staff Association
Representing McGill Non-Unionized Non-Academic Staff
 
 
Q & A with MUNASA
We encourage members to send questions on salary, benefits or working conditions. Please send them to info@munasa.com. Member’s names will remain confidential and not be posted on the site.
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A member writes:
The MUNASA office and Executive have recently begun receiving queries regarding McGill University’s Strike Policy. Below you will find the University’s Strike policy for administrative and support staff.

MUNASA responds:
Strike policy (administrative and support staff)
If a member of staff believes as a matter of conscience that he/she cannot cross a picket line, this act of conscience will be respected and no penalty will be imposed other than non-payment for the period during which services were not rendered. Staff who take that position will be expected to so advise their supervisor, head, or chair, as the case may be, and arrangements will be made to deduct the appropriate amounts from their salaries.
Ref: http://www.mcgill.ca/adminhandbook/personnel/strikeadmin/



A member writes:
Can an employer require me to carry a cellular phone with a GPS (global positioning system) to track where I am? I am concerned about the invasion of privacy as I carry the phone with me, even when away from work.
MUNASA responds:
Fortunately, the Province of Quebec enacted a law in 2003 that clearly prevents this. In R.S.Q., Chapter C-1.1, An act to establish a legal framework for information technology, section 43 states:  “43. A person may not be required to submit, for identification purposes, to a process or device that affects the person’s physical integrity. Unless otherwise provided by law for health protection or public security reasons, a person may not be required to be connected to a device that allows the person’s whereabouts to be known.”
The wording in French is stronger. Essentially, a person cannot be forced to be connected to a device that allows the person’s whereabouts known. The only exceptions permitted under law are for health protection or public safety.  Currently, there is no jurisprudence on this section of the law. However, we believe that requiring an employee to carry a device that allows tracking of the employee’s whereabouts is against the law in Quebec.
 
 
 
McGill University Non-Academic Staff Association
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