Mid-employment criminal record checks

Can an employer go back and run checks on existing employees?

Stuart Rudner

Question: In order to comply with our Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) membership, we are supposed to conduct criminal record checks for all employees responsible for shipping goods to and from the United States. When is it permissable to conduct “mid-employment” criminal record checks and not violate Canadian privacy legislation?

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