General Data Protection Regulation

Questions on Covid-19 vaccination dominate this month's list, alongside IR35, right-to-work checks and the relationship between holiday pay and overtime.

There could be a need for employees to share health credentials once the pandemic recedes. IBM is one of the companies developing secure ‘health passports’. 

With strengthened lockdown measures in January, employers have again been asking for guidance on employees who are home-schooling.
In addition...

Last week, the owner of Pimlico Plumbers said he wouldn’t offer a job to anyone who hasn’t been vaccinated. Given...

The roll-out of the Covid vaccine has got employers thinking about whether they will collect, and how they might manage data around workers’ vaccination status.

The Faculty of Occupational Medicine (FOM) has published clarifying guidance for occupational health practitioners on a range of ethical considerations...

In the first legal challenge of its kind, former Uber drivers in the UK and Portugal are suing the taxi-hailing...

H&M Group has been fined €35.3m (£32.1m) by an information commissioner in Germany for intrusive data collection and analysis of...

Organisations must absorb the lessons of verdict in South Wales Police case, when it comes to the use of AI and automation, argues HR director.

Social media has grown in use exponentially since Facebook was launched 16 years ago, and so has the risk to...

Complex patchwork of rules and practices between countries is dissuading employers from implementing track and trace schemes.

With pubs, restaurants, cinemas and hairdressers set to open next month, many more people will be returning to work over...

Could wearable devices that alert workers when they are not adhering to social distancing guidelines help employers bring staff back...

The Information Commissioner’s Office has published guidance on how employers should handle data if they decide to test employees for...

What data privacy rules should businesses consider when dealing with Covid-19?