Good starting point: all information relating to an employee's personal characteristics or family matters is private and confidential.
Information relating to an employee should be released only on a need-to-know basis, or if a law requires the release of the information.
All information requests concerning employees should go through a central information release person or office.
For a sample policy regarding confidentiality of employee and other information, click here.
For a sample policy regarding confidentiality of medical information in particular, click here.
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