General Data Protection Regulation
Top 10 HR questions March 2019: Anonymous witness rights
If a witness in a disciplinary procedure wishes to remain anonymous, how can the employer balance their privacy against the...
Employers lack data needed to analyse ethnicity pay gap
Ninety-five per cent of employers have not analysed their ethnicity pay gap, with many lacking the data that will enable...
Local government worker prosecuted for sharing CVs with partner
A former local government officer has been prosecuted for passing personal information about job applicants to his partner.
Kevin Bunsell...
Nine New Year’s resolutions for HR
You may be eating more healthily, exercising more or doing dry January, but for HR professionals returning to work, legal...
A third of HR teams not deleting expired personal data
A third of HR teams have admitted breaching the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) by failing to delete personal data...
GDPR: Compliance cheat sheet for HR departments
HR can play an important part in ensuring compliance with the GDPR, helping to avoid thousands of pounds in fines...
How on-demand data officers can help fill the knowledge gap
Data is an invaluable resource for driving commercial decision-making yet a dearth of people with the requisite skills in the...
How does the GDPR apply to businesses outside the EU?
Organisations are still getting to grips with their obligations under the new General Data Protection Regulation. But if you operate...
Gig economy drivers on collision course with GDPR
Some of the major names in the development of the gig economy − such as Deliveroo, Pimlico Plumbers and Uber...
Top 10 HR questions July 2018 – workplace temperatures and holiday pay
We can’t be expected to work in this heat! This may have become a familiar complaint for employers to deal...
Top 10 HR questions June 2018: Sporting events and background checks
What kind of background checks can employers carry out before taking on a new employee, and has this been affected...
Top 10 HR questions May 2018: GDPR special category data
Many HR professionals will have spent months preparing for the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Now it is finally in...
Five policies HR needs to revise ahead of the GDPR
With Friday’s GDPR deadline looming, employers have undoubtedly been spending the last few weeks reviewing the data they store about...
GDPR and payroll: 10 points to consider on personal data
Handling payroll by its very nature requires processing a lot of personal data on employees. What actions do HR and...
The top 10 questions April 2018: taxation of termination payments and GDPR
New rules on the taxation of termination payments came into force in April 2018. All payments in lieu of notice...
