Data protection in the employment relationship
I. Articles in journals
| 2022 | BGer 4A_518/2020: Unlawful procurement of employee personal data, in: Jusletter of February 14. |
| 2020 | The right to information in private law, in: Digma 3/2020, p. 140-150 (together with Jonas Eggmann). |
| Control and Sanction of Employees on the Basis of Codes of Conduct - A Question of Basic Labor (Human) Rights, in: Labour Law Journal, Spring Issue March 2020, pp. 71-84 (together with Jasmin Vögtli). | |
2018 | Observation of employees by the employer, in: HAVE 2 (2018), pp. 228-230. |
| Observation of insured persons - The legislator on the wrong track, in: recht - Zeitschrift für juristische Weiterbildung und Praxis 02/2018, pp. 120-122. | |
2017 | No legal basis for the surveillance of an injured employee by statutory accident insurance, in: Arbeit und Recht, Deutsches und Europäisches Arbeitsrecht 7 (2017), Vol. 65, pp. 303-307. |
Judgment comment on the case: Lack of a legal basis for the monitoring of an injured employee by the statutory accident insurance - ECtHR of October 18, 2016 - No. 61838/10 - Vukato-Bojic / Switzerland, HSI Newsletter 1/2017, online, 1-8. | |
2016 | Whistleblowing and data protection, in: digma 1 (2016) 18 ff. (together with: Zimmermann Anita). |
2015 | The underestimated importance of the ECHR and the case law of the ECtHR for employment law, in: AJP 12 (2015) 1671 ff. |
2013 | |
Data exchange and data protection in interinstitutional collaboration (IIZ), in: Soziale Sicherheit, CHSS 6 (2013) 310 ff. | |
| 2012 | Data protection in social security law - disclosure of medical data to the health insurance fund, in: Pflegerecht 4 (2012), p. 252 ff. (together with Nadine Wantz). |
2011 | Data protection through self-regulation, interpretation, problems and regulatory perspectives for location-based services, in: digma 2 (2011) 66 ff. |
2010 | Video surveillance at the workplace permissible (comments on the judgment of the Criminal Division of the Federal Supreme Court of November 12, 2009 (6B_536/2009)), in: digma 2 (2010) 76 ff. |
2009 | ECHR and data protection in the workplace, in: digma 1 (2009) 30 ff. |
2006 | The labor and social security law aspects of the Federal Act on the Protection of Human Beings from Abuse in Genetic Engineering, in: AJP 1 (2007) 79 ff. |
2005 | The protection of personality in private law employment relationships, in: ARV 4 (2005) 225 ff. |
2004 | Limits to the submission of applications and the role of the employer in group daily sickness benefits insurance, in: digma 4 (2004) 176 ff. |
Data exchange between employer and insurance company, problematic processing of employee health data when establishing a private-sector employment relationship, in: HAVE 1 (2004) 32 ff. | |
2002 | Insurer question on drug use, in: digma 4 (2002) 194 ff. |
II. articles in anthologies
| 2024 | Data protection, in: von Kaenel Adrian/Rudolph Roger (eds.), Fachhandbuch Ar-beitsrecht, Zurich-Geneva 2024, 2nd edition, pp. 741-802 (together with Michael Bal-mer). | ||
2021 | Data protection as a barrier to cooperation?, in: Pärli Kurt (ed.), 4th Basel Social Insurance Law Conference, Duties to cooperate and mitigate damages, Duties to cooperate and mitigate damages under the ATSG, concretization in the KV, UV, IV, EL, ALV, fundamental rights barriers, data protection and data issues, conference proceedings with presentations, Zurich/St. Gallen 2021, pp. 119-136. | ||
2020 | Data protection in private employment and insurance relationships - interpretation and analysis of the most important problems (with Jonas Eggmann), in: Kieser Ueli/Pärli Kurt/Uttinger Ursula, St. Gallen Conference on Data Protection 2019, St. Gallen 2020. | ||
2019 | Data protection in employment law: A look at practical cases, in: Kieser Ueli/Pärli Kurt/Uttinger Urslua (eds.), Data Protection Conference 2018, St. Gallen 2019. | ||
2018 | Data protection in the employment relationship, in: Portmann Wolfgang/von Kaenel Adrian (eds.), Fachhandbuch Arbeitsrecht, Zurich 2018, pp. 685-724. | ||
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2016 | The processing of employee personal data by the employer in the interest of social and private insurances, in: Gabriela Riemer-Kafka (ed.), Sozialversicherung: von der Wiege bis zur Bahre, Luzerner Beiträge zur Rechtswissenschaft, Vol. 103, Zurich/Basel/Geneva 2016, p. 52 ff. | ||
2015 | Data protection - Current issues on the way, papers presented at the conference held on December 3, 2014 in Zurich, Volume 93 Schriftenreihe Institut für Rechtswissenschaft und Rechtspraxis, St. Gallen 2015, p. 9 ff. | ||
Commentary on Art. 34 and 35 DSG and 328b OR, in: Baeriswyl Bruno/Pärli Kurt (eds.), Stämpflis Handkommentar zum Datenschutzgesetz (DSG), Bern 2015. | |||
Diskriminierung und Diskriminierungsschutz im Arbeitsleben in der Schweiz, in: Müller Rudolf (ed.), Diskriminierung in der Schweiz und in Österreich, Gemeinsame Tagung der Österreichischen Juristenkommission und der Schweizer Sektion der Internationalen Juristenkommission am 23. Jänner 2015 in St. Gallen, Band 45, Wien 2015, p. 33 ff. | |||
| 2012 | Data protection in the employment, insurance and social sector, current challenges, papers presented at the conference on November 29, 2011 in Lucerne, series of publications of the Institute for Legal Studies and Legal Practice, St. Gallen 2012, p. 29 ff. | ||
Evaluate, control, monitor: Datenschutz in Arbeitsverhältnissen, in: ed. Kieser Ueli/Pärli Kurt (eds.), Datenschutz im Arbeits-, Versicherungs- und Sozialbereich, Aktuelle Herausforderungen, papers presented at the conference on November 29, 2011, series of publications of the Institute for Legal Studies and Legal Practice, St. Gallen 2012, pp. 29-54 | |||
| 2008 | Data protection and protection against discrimination in the new federal law on genetic | ||
III Books as author
| 2014 | IIZ-Datenaustausch - Datenschutz und Datenaustausch in der Interinstitutionellen Zusammenarbeit (IIZ), Zurich, 2014. |
2003 | Datenaustausch zwischen Arbeitgeber und Versicherung, Probleme der Bearbeitung von Gesundheitsdaten der Arbeitnehmer bei der Begründung des privatrechtlichen Arbeitsverhältnisses, Diss. Sankt Gallen, Bern 2003 (dissertation). |
IV. Books as publisher
| 2023 | Data Protection Act (DSG), Stämpflis Handkommentar (ed. together with Baeriswyl Bruno/Blonski Dominika), 2nd ed., Bern 2023. |
| 2021 | 4. Basler Sozialversicherungsrechtstagung, Mitwirkungs- und Schadenminderungspflichten, Mitwirkungs- und Schadenminderungspflichten nach ATSG, Konkretisierung in der KV, UV, IV, EL, ALV, Grundrechtliche Schranken, Datenschutz- und Datenausfragen - Tagungsband mit Referaten, Zurich/St. Gallen 2021. |
| 2019 | Data Protection Conference 2018, A look at current legal developments (ed. together with Kieser Ueli/Uttinger Urslua), Data Protection Conference 2018, 2019. |
2017 | Data Protection Conference 2017, Baustelle Datenschutz - Observation als Brennpunkt, Papers from the conference on March 28, 2017, Volume 102 Series Institute for Legal Studies and Legal Practice (ed. together with Kieser Ueli/Uttinger Ursula), Zurich/St. Gallen 2017. |
2015 | Datenschutz - Aktuelle Fragen auf dem Weg, papers presented at the conference on December 3, 2014, Volume 93 Schriftenreihe Institut für Rechtswissenschaft und Rechtspraxis (ed. together with Kieser Ueli/Uttinger Ursula), St. Gallen 2015. |
| Stämpflis Handkommentar zum Datenschutzgesetz (DSG) (ed. together with Baeriswyl Bruno), Bern 2015. | |
2012 | Datenschutz im Arbeits-, Versicherungs- und Sozialbereich, Aktuelle Herausforderungen, Referate der Tagung vom 29. November 2011, Schriftenreihe des Instituts für Rechtswissenschaft und Rechtspraxis (ed. together with Kieser Ueli), St. Gallen 2012. |
V. Report
"Datenschutz und Datenaustausch in der IIZ", commissioned by the National IIZ Boards, Bern 2013. |
VI. editor of the publication series "Law in private and public companies" (together with Roland Müller and Thomas Geiser)
Vol. 29 | Michael Toneatti, Claim for deletion of personal data of the employee against the employer (including consideration of the EU General Data Protection Regulation). |
| 18. September 2024 | Employee data protection - what is the EU's data protection law good for? (working title), ISLSSL World Congress, Rome |
| 21. April 2023 | Effects of revDSG on employment law (employment under private and public law), Recht aktuell - 1st Basel Data Protection Law Conference, Basel |
| 10. November 2021 | Personnel selection and monitoring by algorithms - for the (dis)benefit of employees?, SLTA Student Chapter Basel, Basel |
| 03. May 2021 | Livelihood security andhealth protection through labor and social security law, Symposium #iuscoronae - Rechtswissenschaft in der Coronakrise, Basel (online). |
| 18. March 2021 | Overview of home office and cross-border employment relationships, Datenschutz Forum Schweiz - Wo sprengt Homeoffice die Grenzen, Lucerne (online). |
| 02. February 2021 | Effects of the DPA revision on employment law, Schulthess Forum Data Protection and Employment Law, Zurich (online). |
15. September 2020 | Requests for information - focal area privacy law, employment law, St.Gallen Conference on Data Protection - Current developments in data protection, a bouquet of questions, St.Gallen. |
03. September 2019 | Data protection in the employment and private insurance sector, interpretation and analysis of the most important problems, St.Gallen Data Protection Conference, Zurich. |
10. April 2019 | Data protection and HR, 8th Basel Risk Day, Basel. |
28. November 2018 | Labor and data protection aspects of diversity management, lecture series "Diversity" of the University of Basel, Basel |
12. September 2018 | Data protection in employment law: A look at practical cases, Data Protection Law Conference 2018 of the University of St. Gallen, Zurich |
05. September 2018 | Digitalization and the need for data and privacy protection as an issue of well- being at work, ISLSSL-Conference Torino, Turin (ITA) |
23. March 2018 | Developments in data protection law and their significance for the employment relationship, Recht aktuell - 2nd Basel Conference on Labor Law, Basel |
12. December 2017 | GDPR and its impact on employment law, Conference on the European Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), University of St. Gallen |
02. December 2017 | Interfaces with employment law: Data and personality protection (including protection of fundamental rights and surveillance), lecture as part of specialist lawyer training in employment law, University of St. Gallen, St. Gallen |
17. January 2017 | The General Data Protection Regulation and its significance for employment law from a Swiss perspective, EU General Data Protection Regulation: Transparency gain or information overkill? - An event organized by the Swiss Data Protection Forum, Bern |
14. January 2017 | Data and privacy protection (including protection of fundamental rights and surveillance), CAS Employment Law continuing education course, University of St.Gallen |
28. March 2017 | Observation in the employment relationship, St. Gallen Conference on Data Protection Law, University of St. Gallen, Zurich |
19./May 20, 2016 | Protection of worker's privacy in the age of digitalization: A human rights issue, Conference "New Foundation of Labour Law in the Globalized Market Economy", Stockholm |
22. October 2015 | The processing of employee data by the employer in the interest of social and private insurances, Luzerner Zentrumstag zum Sozialversicherungsrecht, University of Lucerne, Lucerne |
30. June 2015 | Limits of data analysis, Summer Apéro of the Data Protection Officer of the Canton of Zurich, Zurich |
2. December 2014 | Legal basis: curse or blessing for data protection? Conference of the Institute for Legal Practice of the University of St. Gallen, Zurich |
25. September 2014 | Data protection in early interventions, specialist lecture at networking meeting, Jacobsfoundation, Primokiz, Zurich |
june 5, 2014 | Data protection in social work, Jour fixe Law and Social Work, HES-SO, Sierre |
5. October 2012 | Data protection and data exchange in IIZ: problems, current legal bases and proposed solutions, IIZ conference, Bern |
29. November 2011 | Evaluate, control, monitor: Data protection in employment relationships, Data protection in the labor, insurance and social sectors: current challenges, Conference of the Institute for Legal Practice IRP of the University of St. Gallen, Zurich |
13. March 2008 | Data protection law: Pregnancy, maternity and illness, St. Gallen Conference on Work and Law, Zurich |
| Project | Research leader | Status |
Revision of the commentary DSG | Pärli, Kurt | Ongoing |
Master's theses - ongoing and completed projects
| Aggül Dilara Aylin | Use of artificial intelligence in the application process: Employment and data protection law framework in the run-up to the employment relationship under private law |
Borer Jan | "Bring your own device" - issues in the employment relationship under private law |
| Häfelfinger Patrick | Limits of monitoring in an ongoing employment relationship |
| Kücük Sema Nur | Further development of IV: Audio recordings in medical reviews pursuant to Art. 44 para. 6 ATSG |
| Rudin Nina | Legal remedies for data protection violations in the employment relationship |
| Simsek Simge | Monitoring employees working from home |
Suter Julia | Protection of the employee's privacy and personal details - requirements of labor law and EU labor law for national law |
Wall Maria | Protection of privacy and personal details of employees: What requirements does international labor law and EU labor law place on national labor law? |
Dissertations - ongoing and completed projects
| Karoussos Irene | The protection of the employee's personality during and after the termination of the employment relationship (working title) |
Müller Balthasar | The implementation of positive duties to protect under Art. 8 ECHR in private law employment relationships under Swiss law |