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”.
This month (May) is the first anniversary of the arrival of GDPR, the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation. Dr...
As Morrisons is granted permission to appeal its vicarious liability case, where a rogue employee leaked its employees’ personal data,...
Even if an employer is confident that theft or other offences are taking place in the workplace there are plenty of factors to consider before surveillance cameras are installed.
Morrisons has been granted permission to appeal to the Supreme Court after it was held vicariously liable for a major...
If a witness in a disciplinary procedure wishes to remain anonymous, how can the employer balance their privacy against the...
Ninety-five per cent of employers have not analysed their ethnicity pay gap, with many lacking the data that will enable...
This week’s Court of Appeal decision that Morrisons was vicariously liable for a serious data breach by a disgruntled employee...
The Court of Appeal has upheld the judgment finding Morrisons vicariously liable for the leak of payroll data by a...
The class action case against Morrisons by staff who had their payroll data leaked online by a disgruntled employee has...
HR can play an important part in ensuring compliance with the GDPR, helping to avoid thousands of pounds in fines...
Data is an invaluable resource for driving commercial decision-making yet a dearth of people with the requisite skills in the...
Organisations are still getting to grips with their obligations under the new General Data Protection Regulation. But if you operate...
Some of the major names in the development of the gig economy − such as Deliveroo, Pimlico Plumbers and Uber...
We can’t be expected to work in this heat! This may have become a familiar complaint for employers to deal...
What kind of background checks can employers carry out before taking on a new employee, and has this been affected...
