If a library receives a FOIP request for a travel expense claim of an employee or board member, does the information have to be released?
• Expense claims have frequently been the subject of FOIP requests. However, a FOIP request would not necessarily be required since the library would have the discretion to disclose this information under section 40(1)(b) if it would not be considered an unreasonable invasion of personal privacy to do so. • Under section 17(2)(e) of the FOIP Act disclosing employment responsibilities of employees is not an unreasonable invasion of privacy. Travel for business purposes is part of an employee’s employment responsibilities. • Expense claim records might also be released if section 17(5)(a) applies, where the disclosure is desirable for the purpose of subjecting the activities of the library to public scrutiny. The records would be severed, for example, to withhold employees’ credit card numbers or home address, and the names of third parties unless the names were in association with a discretionary benefit granted by the public body (section 17(2)(g)).
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