Can Mount Royal confirm, in response to a telephone inquiry, whether an individual is employed with Mount Royal and their specific salary?
Section 40 lists the only circumstances under which information may be disclosed about an individual. To disclose personal information means to release, give or transmit that information by any means, including verbally, to another public body or anyone other than the person concerned. In the absence of a formal request, employee consent would be required unless the requester can show that the request meets one of the specific circumstances in the Act. If a formal request is made, the employment status of the person can be disclosed, but not a specific salary. Mount Royal may, by policy and by seeking employee consent, make release of certain employee information routine unless there are health and safety reasons to preclude this.
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