News Article - Employees Disciplined for Internet Abuse

More than 2% of territorial workers in the Yukon have been disciplined for violating the territorys Internet policy.

The Yukon Public Service Commission has completed its massive investigation into allegations of computer misuse and has disciplined 96 employees, ranging from letters of reprimand, to suspension, to termination. The commission notes that this represents just over 2% of the governments total workforce of 4,018 employees. Employees have the right to appeal the disciplinary actions, which were decided on by deputy ministers in the departments affected.

Back in March, the commission began investigating some 542 employees identified by an email trail, and 153 of them were interviewed over the next few months.

It has been a long and difficult period in the life of the Yukon public service, but it is important to remember that only a small proportion of employees misused government computers, Public Service Commissioner Pat Daws says.

With the end of the investigation, what is important now is for us to look to the future and to continue to make the Yukon government a good place to work, says Justice Deputy Minister Bill Craik.

The union representing Yukon government employees, the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC), had not yet reacted to the commissions announcement on Friday that it had concluded its investigation. This summer, PSAC issued a statement saying that the investigation amounted to an inquisition and witch hunt that violated employees right to privacy and only involved a handful of employees. PSAC said it didnt condone the employees behaviour, but felt there were better ways to handle the incidents.

The PSAC said the employee behaviour included downloading pornography on the job, but the commission has not divulged what the incidents involved, saying only that there were violations of its employee Internet policy, which among other things prohibits visiting Web sites that are deemed offensive. Daws said this spring that the commission has published its employee Internet and email policies yearly since 1998 and that employees must sign the documents before getting an account. The policies do not provide for any discipline for violating them, but the deputy ministers of the departments involved decided disciplined was warranted in the case of 96 employees.

The commission says its investigation costs to date total $127,594, including legal fees ($74,712), communications counsel ($30,824), computer support services ($16,400), and administrative costs ($5,658).

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