An individual asked the Ministry of Health (the ministry) for records, under the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (the Act), related to his employment file with the ministry, including records related to his union’s dealings with the ministry, and to harassment and discrimination complaints. The ministry found records responsive to the request but would not release them.
The reason for this decision was that the ministry said that Act does not apply to the records since they relate to employment and labour relations (under the exclusions at sections 65(6)1 and 65(6)3 of the Act). In this order, the adjudicator upholds the ministry’s decision and dismisses the appeal. Since she finds that records responsive to two parts of the request would also be excluded under section 65(6)3, the adjudicator does not consider the issue of reasonable search.