15 August 2018
Maintaining absence management in the workplace is vital, in order to establish guidelines for staff, whether they are absent for short or long-term illness, maternity or paternity leave, or a staff member takes a few days off work of their own accord, without providing a reason why, or may not…14 August 2018
Employers should be aware of the risks involved when changing employment contracts, as employers cannot change contracts unilaterally, therefore employers should ensure that they adhere to the lawful processes when considering changing the terms of an employee contract. An employer should make sure that they go through the correct procedure…14 August 2018
Transferred redundancy also known as bumping occurs when an employee is dismissed, as their job is taken over by another staff member who was originally made redundant. The discussion surrounding transferred redundancy is problematic for employers, as there is evident uncertainty regarding whether or not bumping should be discussed with…13 August 2018
Anonymity currently remains conflicted in the early life of employment tribunals especially in relation to more delicate circumstances, such as sexual harassment in the workplace. Although when it does not involve criminal proceedings, anonymity is used to protect the reputation of all parties. In some circumstances, employers facing an employment…10 August 2018
Cloud solutions tend not store data for small companies on its servers. Instead, the data is stored in data centres in the US (such as in the case of Dropbox). Similarly, OneDrive enables some users to locate their data within the EU but general users do not have that…09 August 2018
There are effectively two points to consider here, firstly, the requested consent for data usage during the retention period and secondly, how the business manages the information collected in order to document and evidence as compliance. The business should consider things such as: how the data is stored, i.e. primary…08 August 2018
If an employee began working after the 6th April 2012, they can only claim unfair dismissal after two years of continuous employment, whereas if they were employed prior to the 6th April 2012 then they can claim for unfair dismissal after one year of continuous employment. The costs incurred to…07 August 2018
From the 25th May 2018, to avoid the risk of breaching the General Data Protection Regulation, employer’s are obligated to take on new responsibilities, as well as updating their contracts, policies and procedures, in order to maintain compliance under the GDPR requirements. This means employer’s must:06 August 2018
1. Manage expectations - GDPR ‘compliance’ is a matter of constant review, adoption of policies and adaption of processes. Plan, develop and sustain. 2. Continued awareness and training for staff. 3. Update your privacy policy, consent capture and recording.03 August 2018
The EU General Data Protection Regulation (the “Regulation”) came into effect on 25 May 2018, replacing the Data Protection Act 1998. The GDPR requirements largely repeat the security principles set out in the DPA, although with a much tougher regime and more severe sanctions for breach. This change has brought…To find how our friendly and knowledgeable solicitors can help you, contact us today.
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