The Information and Privacy Commissioner, Michael Harvey, has released his Report A-2022-005 under authority of the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act, 2015. A summary of the Report is included below.
To view the Report in its entirety, please go to www.oipc.nl.ca/reports/commissioner
| Report: | A-2022-005 |
| Report Date: | May 19, 2022 |
| Public Body: | City of St. John’s |
| Summary: | The Complainant submitted an access request to the City of St. John’s under the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act, 2015 for information relating to the job titles of and remuneration that the City paid to former employees of St. John’s Sports and Entertainment Ltd. The circumstances of these employees’ departure from their positions are related to alleged incidents of workplace harassment, for which there are ongoing negotiations. The City provided the job titles, but has refused to provide the remuneration paid, relying on settlement privilege and subsections 35(1)(f) and (g) (disclosure harmful to the financial or economic interests of a public body). The Commissioner found that, in the current circumstances, the City could continue to withhold the information under section 35(1)(g), but that the situation was fluid and that the City may not be entitled to withhold the information indefinitely. |
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