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GDPR – European General Data Protection Regulation By Rhiannon Webster The European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into force on 25 May 2016. A rewrite of European data protection law, the GDPR imposes comprehensive and far reaching obligations. With enforcement after two years, companies need to be…
Enforceability of restrictive covenants – the devil is in the detail By Georgina Rowley The judgment on 3 July from the Supreme Court is the first decision in a century that the highest court has considered employee restrictive covenants.
DSAR responses: High Court decides paper files need to be considered, and gives guidance on reasonable and proportionate searches (as well as legal professional privilege) By Ceri Fuller In this case the High Court (in a remitted hearing from the Court of Appeal) looked at whether a law firm had complied with data subject access requests from a beneficiary of a Bahamian law discretionary trust. The case has significant implications…
Disability Discrimination: Perceived disability By Ceri Fuller An employer’s refusal to accept a request from a serving police offer to transfer because it thought she would end up on restricted duties because her hearing was below the police’s recruitment standard was discrimination because of a perceived…
Right to Privacy: Employer's reliance in dismissal procedure on material found by police on an employee's phone was not a breach of the employee's right to privacy By Ceri Fuller An employer who, when deciding to dismiss an employee, relied on material found on an employee’s phone during a police investigation into allegations of harassment, had not breached his right to privacy.
Collective Bargaining: Unlawful inducement By Ceri Fuller A one-off direct offer to employees bypassing collective bargaining was not an unlawful inducement.
Employment Matters - July 2019 By Ceri Fuller DAC Beachcroft's Employment Matters focuses on some of the most interesting cases and events occurring within the Employment Law sector.
Sexual harassment – the WRC highlights lessons for employers By Barry Reynolds The Workplace Relations Commission ("WRC") annual report for 2018 contains a potentially surprising statistic that, although in general the number of discrimination complaints rose that year, the number of sexual discrimination complaints fell. We…
Court of Appeal confirms regular voluntary overtime should be included in holiday pay By Joanne Bell The Court of Appeal has upheld the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) decision in Flowers v East of England Ambulance Trust. It has confirmed that voluntary overtime should be included in the first four weeks holiday pay so long as such payments are…
Court of Appeal confirms voluntary overtime should be included in holiday pay under Agenda for Change (for NHS employers) By Nick Chronias The Court of Appeal has upheld the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) decision in Flowers v East of England Ambulance Trust. It confirmed that clause 13.9 of Agenda for Change (AfC), which deals with pay during annual leave, gives a contractual right…
NHS Publishes Interim NHS People Plan By Katy Horner The Interim Plan outlines how the NHS needs to recruit, retain and develop staff to meet rapidly growing demand for 21st century healthcare.
