Key points
The Data Protection Act 2018 (DPA) is the UK’s third generation of data protection law, aiming to modernise all laws surrounding data protection
It is to be read in conjunction with the…
Key points
It is the employer's responsibility to ensure that their employees observe health and safety legislation. An employer owes a duty of reasonable care to its employees. An employer has a…
Employees are entitled to time off work in a variety of situations. The Working Time Regulations 1998 outline requirements in respect of hours of work, rest breaks, night working and annual holiday…
Whistleblowing is a term often used as shorthand to cover the legal protection offered to certain groups of people who make 'protected disclosures'.
There are two areas of protection:
employees…
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The Bribery Act 2010 came into force in the UK on 1 July 2011
There are four recognised offences under the Act:
Bribing another person.
Being bribed.
Bribing a foreign public…
The Employment Rights Act 1996 (ERA) provides shop and betting workers with the right to object to working on Sunday, in certain circumstances. Although the Act refers to Sunday 'workers', this…
Employment Appeal Tribunal - February 2013
In this case the EAT had to decide whether a claimant could bring a victimisation claim on the grounds of making a protected disclosure, where the…
Employment Appeal Tribunal - February 2013
The claimant, a lunchtime assistant at a primary school, was suspended when she told a child’s parents that the child had been hurt by other pupils.…
