The Data Protection Act 1998 requires that employers follow various data protection principles when handling employees’ personal data.
An employee has the right to request access information kept about him or her by the employer, including personnel files, sickness records, disciplinary or training records, appraisal or performance review notes, and emails or documents in which the employee is the focus. Such requests are known as “data subject access requests”.
A third of UK employers are using ‘bossware’ to track their employees, according to a survey by the Chartered Management Institute.
A cyber attack at Jaguar Land Rover has forced it to take IT systems offline and send staff home.
Financial Conduct Authority issues statement to provide clarity on workplace savings schemes, to help more employers offer them.
Mr Rakib was accused of breaching data protection rules by employer Mitie while working at a BBC site in Cardiff.
Equality watchdog suggests government could consider reintroducing equal pay questionnaires in its response to a call for evidence.
PwC uses traffic-light dashboard to monitor employees' attendance in the office, taking data from swipe cards and WiFi connections.
Study into 141 million files found in data breaches shows that 82% of incidents have included HR information, according to Lab 1.
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Job candidates crave transparency in the use of ADM in recruitment, wanting to know when and how automatic decision-making is used.
Information Commissioner's Office launches AI and biometrics strategy with new ICO codes of practice in the pipeline.
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Marks & Spencer has paused recruitment as it continues to battle a severe cyber attack.
The number of reported breaches relating to employees’ data is at the highest level since at least 2019 when 3,010 breaches were reported to the Information Commissioner's Office.
Health secretary Wes Streeting has called a decision by the General Medical Council to erase the disciplinary record of doctors who have changed gender ‘extremely concerning’.
Hayfa Mohdzaini examines the HR profession's role in understanding the presence and potential of AI, and its ethical use at work.
