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Case Study Confidentiality - Read the below case study and answer the questions in no more than 600 words combined. Please do not separate your response but answer continuously in paragraphs.

Dave Brown owns a three-location funeral business in the parishes of Hanover, Trelawny and St. James. He employs more than 20 people. This past summer, Dave brought on a part-time employee to assist with administrative tasks. The priority was to file the large amount of paperwork that everyone at the primary location had neglected.

This part-time employee (Jessica) had worked for the funeral home part time during high school and her summer breaks from college. Jessica was very personable and didn't seem to mind all the hours she spent filing.

At the end of summer, Dave was confronted by one of his female funeral directors wanting to know why she wasn't paid as much as another male funeral director. During their conversations, Dave was made aware of how this employee knew her male counterpart's salary. Apparently one of the reasons Jessica didn't mind filing was because she enjoyed reading everything she handled. In fact, she had gone into the employee filing cabinet to file some employee benefit information and read every employee file! She then shared what she learned with several other employees.

Dave was stunned by this revelation. He struggled with how to deal with both Jessica's actions and his funeral director's concern about her salary, so he reached out for HR assistance to resolve the issue.

Questions - The matter has been referred to you as the Human Resources Manager and you are tasked to investigate. However, in coming to a final decision; you explore the below questions:

Q1. Discuss two (2) consequences that this breach of employee records may have on the company.

Q2. Give one (1) recommendation that will prevent such a breach in the future.

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