Data Protection Law for Employers

2nd Edition

Publication Date	June 2003
Publisher	Thorogood Publishing
Product Type	Book
Pages	90
ISBN Number	978 185418383 5
Product Code	TGD00020

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Summary

The four-part Code of Practice under the Data Protection Act 1998 on employment and data protection places a further burden of responsibility on employers and their advisers. The Data Protection Act also applies to manual data, not just computer data, and a new tough enforcement policy was announced in October 2002.

Who should buy this report :

All employers who handle personal data - ie. most employers
Personnel and HR departments
Company secretaries
Privacy officers
Law firms

Content

Preface
Introduction and Guidance for Employers
- Introduction
- Subject access requests
- Compliance
- Changing law
- The Employment Practices Code
- Personal data
- Making access requests
- Managing Data Protection
- Conclusion
- Further information
Recruitment
- General
- Advertising
- Applications
- Veri?cation
- Short-listing
- Interviews
- Pre-employment vetting
- Retention of recruitment records
- Criminal Records Bureau
- Information commissioner's frequently asked questions
- Checklist
Employment Records
- Managing Data Protection
- Collecting and keeping employment records
- Security
- Sickness and accident records
- Pension and insurance schemes
- Equal opportunities monitoring
- Marketing
- Fraud detection
- Workers' access to information about themselves
- References
- Disclosure requests
- Publication and other disclosures
- Mergers and acquisitions
- Discipline, grievance and dismissal
- Outsourcing data processing
- Retention of records
- Access when information about third parties is involved
- Frequently asked questions
- Checklist
Monitoring
- Examples of monitoring
- Assessments
- Is a worker's consent needed?
- Managing data protection
- Monitoring electronic communications
- How to notify employees of email rules
- Video and audio monitoring
- Conclusion
- Frequently asked questions
Appendix
Further Information
- 1. Information
- Commissioner's
- of?ce
- Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (ACAS)
- British Standards Institute (BS7799)
- Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development
- Commission for Racial Equality
- Department of Trade and Industry
- Confederation of British Industry
- Criminal Records Bureau
- Disability Rights Commission
- 10. The Disclosure Bureau
- 11. Equal Opportunities Commission
- 12. of?ce of the E-envoy
- 13. Trades Union Congress
- 14. Legal
- Advice