DPC probes claims of employers getting workers' Covid-19 results first

The Data Protection Commission is investigating a number of “queries and complaints” about incidents where employees who were tested for Covid-19 in their workplace were told of their results after their employers.

File photo of Helen Dixon, the Data Protection Commissioner.

The Data Protection Commission is investigating a number of “queries and complaints” about incidents where employees in sectors including nursing homes and meat processing plants who were tested for Covid-19 in their workplace only to be told of their results after their employers.