Guide to FOIP-Chapter 6

Office of the Saskatchewan Information and Privacy Commissioner. Guide to FOIP, Chapter 6, Protection of Privacy. Updated 27 February 2023. 232 Some examples: • Staffing requirements • Job classification, recruitment, and selection • Salary and benefits • Hours and conditions of work • Leave management • Performance review • Training • Termination of employment and lay-off • Management of personal service contracts (i.e., contracts of service)661 It does not include the management of independent contractors and consultants (i.e., contracts for service).662 An audit is the formal examination of an individual’s or organization’s accounting records, financial situation, or compliance with some other set of standards.663 It is the systematic identification, evaluation and assessment of an organization’s policies, procedures, acts and practices against pre-defined standards.664 This provision includes an audit for the Government of Saskatchewan as a whole, one government institution or more than one government institution. Administration of personnel comprises all aspects of a government institution’s internal management, other than personnel management, necessary to support the delivery of programs and services.665 This provision includes the administration of personnel for the 661 Government of Manitoba, FIPPA for Public Bodies – Resource Manual, Chapter 6, Protection of Privacy at p. 6-171. Available at Chapter (gov.mb.ca). Accessed December 15, 2022. 662 Government of Manitoba, FIPPA for Public Bodies – Resource Manual, Chapter 6, Protection of Privacy at p. 6-171. Available at Chapter (gov.mb.ca). Accessed December 15, 2022. 663 Garner, Bryan A., 2019. Black’s Law Dictionary, 11th Edition. St. Paul, Minn.: West Group at p. 161. 664 SK OIPC Review Report F-2010-001 at [97]. 665 Service Alberta, FOIP Guidelines and Practices: 2009 Edition, Chapter 7 at p. 247. Similar definition in British Columbia Government Services, FOIPPA Policy and Procedures Manual at https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/governments/services-for-government/policiesprocedures/foippa-manual/disclosure-harmful-economic-interests. Accessed July 17, 2019. See also Government of Manitoba, FIPPA for Public Bodies – Resource Manual, Chapter 6, Protection of Privacy at p. 6-171. Available at Chapter (gov.mb.ca). Accessed December 15, 2022, and Service Alberta, FOIP Guidelines and Practices: 2009 Edition, Chapter 7 at p. 287. This definition was also relied upon in SK OIPC Investigation Reports 266-2017 at [33] and [34], 034-2018 at [15] and 262-2018 at [17].

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