An e-mail has gone out to a list of external recipients. Unfortunately, the employee CCd everyone rather than BCCing them in. All names and e-mail addresses could be seen. Must this data breach be
reported to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO)?
Published 20.11.2019
An employee who was sacked after he left lines of sherbet powder and rolled up paper on his desk pretending that they were drug related has won his claim for unfair dismissal. Why was the employer’s
dismissal decision unfair?
Published 23.06.2021
An employee who was dismissed for using a works van when he wasn’t working has won his claim for unfair dismissal. This was because the employer made a fatal error with regards to its disciplinary
investigation. What do you need to know?
Published 25.04.2023
Staff who have access to your clients’ personal data may be tempted to sell or pass it onto a competitor. However, as one employee has just found out, this amounts to a criminal offence. What should
all employees know?
Published 21.12.2016
Employees put at risk of redundancy often harvest personal data from their employer’s IT systems. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has just prosecuted one for doing this. So what must you
do in light of this case?
Published 26.06.2013
The Information Commissioner’s Office has prosecuted an employee who unlawfully removed the personal data of 100 clients. The facts of the case highlight a common misconception, what is it?
Published 22.10.2014
An employee who was dismissed for referring to his bosses as “twit and twat” in a text to a client has won his tribunal claim for unfair dismissal. The employer involved made a fatal error. What was
it and how could it have been avoided?
Published 02.07.2020
Oliver Letwin MP was recently filmed by the media disposing of some documentation in a public bin. Why was this particular activity problematic and what should he have done instead?
Published 30.11.2011
Research by the Information Commissioner’s Office shows that hundreds of employees have used a third party’s personal data to make romantic or sexual propositions. What do you need to know?
Published 06.09.2023
We recently advised you that unfair dismissal claims must be brought within three months of the termination of employment. However, one employee has just been given a six-week extension. Has the rule
been changed?
Published 29.11.2013