Confidentiality at work is a key topic for HR professionals. From the perspective of the HR department and keeping employees’ personal information confidential, but also creating a workplace environment where all staff understand what information needs to be treated in confidence.
Other topics that you might mind useful on Personnel Today include data protection and the General Data Protection Regulation.
HSBC Holdings is being investigated by US regulators over employees' use of WhatsApp
An NHS employee has been awarded a £10,000 pay out after a colleague accessed her confidential patient records when she announced her pregnancy.
ON-DEMAND | As the true impact of the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic becomes apparent, employers are facing...
Non-disclosure agreements should not be used to prevent employees from discussing allegations of discrimination and harassment with other staff, while...
Earlier this year, the UK brought in an EU directive to protect trade secrets and confidential information. Charlotte Marshall of...
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...
More than 800 employees who left Transport for London in 2017-18 signed non-disclosure agreements, it has emerged, sparking sharp criticism
An employment tribunal has told Primark to adopt a policy on how to deal with transgender staff after it found...
Reports of sexual harassment at the recent Presidents Club charity dinner form part of a worrying trend of unwanted behaviour...
Electrical company Dyson recently announced it would sue its former chief executive, Max Conze, for “breaching his fiduciary duties” and...
Employees who are leaving under a cloud can cause problems, demonstrated recently when a Twitter employee hid President Trump’s account...
Employers often use interim or “springboard” injunctions to protect confidential information after employees decide to leave. But they are not...
Managers are failing to support trans employees as much as they could in the workplace, a study by Acas has...
