Data Protection Code Part 2: Employment Records

• Author:
• Stephen Harte

Part 2 of the Employment Practices Data Protection, dealing with employment records, has now been published by the Information Commissioner [as reported yesterday on the Workplacelaw Network].

The Data Protection Act 1998 and the Code deal with the handling of personal and sensitive data regarding workers. For this purpose “workers” includes job applicants (both successful and unsuccessful), employees, agency workers, casual and contractual workers (current and former). Information rega... (273 more words)

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