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  1. £10.6bn on personal internet use: value for money?

    ...ou can get software to restrict the sites you can access, and if it is a business with a focused online use or task then you can restrict quite heavily the number of sites that people can go on, but our research found not everybody does do that.”According to Workplace Law Network’s white paper, Email and Internet Use: the legal risks and employee monitoring, it is important for a company to have an internet use policy in place, but despite many companies having these, research published in January 2007 (by Morse, a business and technology consultancy) indicated that 28% of office workers did not know their organisation’s internet policy, showing bus...

    News | 9 Jun 2008

  2. Public sector gets tough on internet use

    ... internet. Most also recognise the need to strike a balance between business and personal use, allowing reasonable personal use during lunch breaks and outside normal office hours. For advice on this and other issues surrounding social networking sites, premium members can download the white paper, Email and Internet Use: the legal risks and employee monitoring. Click here to find out more »   

    News | 13 Nov 2007

  3. Remote workers "more likely to visit questionable websites"

    ...wnload illegal music files from home, their bosses may be liable. “Staff assume their web habits away from the office are unsupervised, however, the problem is that no matter where they are working, they could be putting their company at risk.”According to Workplace Law Network’s white paper, Email and Internet Use: the legal risks and employee monitoring, three-fifths of companies do not block staff access to inappropriate websites and only one in six scans outgoing emails for inappropriate content. A policy setting out clear principles on internet and email usage should be introduced to minimise any risks. The policy should make it clear that any...

    News | 18 Apr 2008

  4. Employee sacked over 'excessive' internet use was unfairly dismissed

    ... should have been reinstated. A spokesperson for Scottish and Southern Energy said the company was considering an appeal against the decision. Anthony Rees, an Employment Partner at Eversheds, told Workplace Law: "With all the potential risks involved, it is vital that employers introduce an email...

    Case | 15 Jun 2010

  5. Employers risk abusing employees’ human rights by ‘snooping’ on emails

    Nearly half of the UK’s larger companies could be abusing employee’s human rights because they have inadequate email monitoring practices. In security provider Proofpoint’s annual investigation into email practices, it was found that 38% of larger businesses employ a ‘corporate snoop’ to read staff’s email. Sixty per cent also conduct regular audits of outbound email. Mark Hughes, Proofpoint’s M...

    News | 17 Jul 2006

  6. Misuse of IT in the workplace

    ... employers is to what extent can this be monitored, and the risks accompanying such monitoring. Under the Data Protection Act 1998 (DPA), electronic forms of workplace surveillance involve the processing of personal data and so will be subject to the DPA. Acts such as opening up individual worker's emails or examining logs of websites visited amount to 'monitoring'. Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights grants workers a degree of privacy in the workplace. In general, any interference with privacy must be no more than is reasonably necessary and the employer should have good reasons f...

    News analysis | 8 May 2009

  7. Soap star: The hygiene special issue

    ...ses from Workplace Law Group quoting ref. 1843 buSINESS WEbSITE Of ThE yEAR (paid for) please comment on anything you read in Workplace Law magazine Letters should be addressed to The Editor at Workplace Law Magazine, Second Floor, Daedalus House, Station Road, Cambridge CB1 2RE Fax: 0871 777 8882 Email: claire.fuller@workplacelaw.net Please recycle this magazine when you have finished with it. www.workplacelaw.net 5 Latest | Legal calendar legal calendar Important diary dates for the months ahead... mARCh 2009 New Regulations for the progressive phasing out of incandescent light bulbs are d...

    Magazine issue | 3 Mar 2009

  8. Facefacts: The real cost of social networking to your business

    ...on top of the exclusive in-depth articles, interviews and case studies you have become accustomed to in the last three years. As with all things Workplace Law, we welcome your feedback -- on both the magazine and the new website. So whether you love it or hate it, feel free to drop me a line at the email address below. And so to this issue... Heard of Facebook? You'd have to have left the planet not to, as employers and employers' groups have suddenly realised what it's costing their businesses! Surveys around the use of Facebook in workplaces estimate that businesses face a cost of £130m a day, d...

    Magazine issue | 16 Oct 2007

  9. The burning issue

    ...tion Authority (23) TUC (19, 23) Transco (14, 28, 29) What do you think? Please comment on or argue with anything you read in Workplace Law Magazine Letters should be addressed to The Editor at Workplace Law Magazine, Second Floor Daedalus House, Station Road, Cambridge CB1 2RE Fax: 0870 777 8882 Email: kelly.mansfield@workplacelaw.net workplacelaw 7 From here it can take flames just a few seconds to reach here Fire has the ability to spread rapidly via existing multiple layers of paint on walls and ceilings. This can be a matter of life or death, particularly in circulation areas and escape r...

    Magazine issue | 1 Nov 2005

  10. Survival of the fit note?

    ...an@workplacelaw.net workplace law here's to the futureTM Visit cipd.workplacelaw.net/cipd/employment-law-award Please comment on anything you read in Workplace Law Magazine Letters should be addressed to The Editor at Workplace Law Magazine, 110 Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 1LQ. Fax: 0871 777 8882 Email: sara.bean@workplacelaw.net 5 Please recycle this magazine when you have finished with it. www.workplacelaw.net Latest | Legal calendar Legal calendar Important diary dates for the months ahead... JULY 2011 The UK Bribery Act 2010 will enter into force on 1 July 2011. The UK has been under pre...

    Magazine issue | 5 Jul 2011

  11. World Cup: Tackling off (and on) the pitch behaviour

    ...g the World Cup. The first decision to be made is whether you are going to allow employees to use computers and mobile phones to track the football. Secondly, unless you are going to allow totally unrestricted usage (which is not advisable for the reasons set out below), how are you going to police emails and internet browsing? In terms of watching matches on the internet, employers need to be aware of the legality of employees visiting unlicensed websites in light of the Digital Economy Act 2010 and of the threat of viruses to networks. This may be of particular concern where an employee wishes to...

    News analysis | 10 Jun 2010

  12. 55% rise in employees downloading illegal software at work

    ... and educate employees on the goals of their policies, including making clear the potential consequences of non-compliance. He said employers should also require staff to sign to acknowledge their understanding of acceptable web use during working hours. Workplace Law Network’s Internet and email policies factsheet advises that, where relevant, employers should have in place a written internet and email policy making employees aware of what, if any, personal usage of the internet and email systems is reasonable.  This policy needs to be effectively and transparently communicated to emp...

    News | 12 Jan 2010

  13. Employers should monitor email gossiping in the workplace

    Employers are advised to monitor email gossiping in the workplace as there could be concerns that the information circulated could pose a legal, financial or regulatory risk. Viruses could also be set up in the company’s network. The 2006 Department of Trade and Industry's biennial Information Security Breaches Survey revealed tha...

    News | 6 Jun 2007

  14. Employee profiling software - Big Brother?

    Emails sent in work time could soon be scanned by employers, to find out whether staff are applying for other jobs, or simply spending too much time on non-work activities, according to the Daily Mail.With last year’s DTI’s Security Breaches Survey reporting that the biggest priority for businesses i...

    News | 5 Dec 2007

  15. Sweeping changes

    ...ean Managing Editor sara.bean@workplacelaw.net BUSINESS WEBSITE OF THE yEAR (paid for) Please comment on anything you read in Workplace Law Magazine Letters should be addressed to The Editor at Workplace Law Magazine, Second Floor, Daedalus House, Station Road, Cambridge CB1 2RE Fax: 0871 777 8882 Email: sara.bean@workplacelaw.net 5 Please recycle this magazine when you have finished with it. www.workplacelaw.net Latest | Legal calendar Legal calendar Important diary dates for the months ahead... JUNE / JULy 2010 28 June 2010 The Civil Aviation (Working Time) (Amendment) Regulations 2010 come...

    Magazine issue | 1 Jul 2010

  16. Dealing with bogus claimants

    ... out more about our in-house training services bUSINESS WEbSITE OF THE yEAR (paid for) Please comment on anything you read in Workplace Law Magazine Letters should be addressed to The Editor at Workplace Law Magazine, Second Floor, Daedalus House, Station Road, Cambridge CB1 2RE Fax: 0871 777 8882 Email: sara.bean@workplacelaw.net 5 Please recycle this magazine when you have finished with it. www.workplacelaw.net Latest | Legal calendar Legal calendar Important diary dates for the months ahead... MARCH 2010 31 march The period during which construction workers will be able to view the blackli...

    Magazine issue | 1 Mar 2010

  17. Licence to… protect your workplace?

    ..................................................... 14 What do you think? Please comment on or argue with anything you read in Workplace Law Magazine Letters should be addressed to The Editor at Workplace Law Magazine, Second Floor Daedalus House, Station Road, Cambridge CB1 2RE Fax: 0870 777 8882 Email: kelly.mansfield@workplacelaw.net workplacelaw 7 Security licensing Licence to... ...protect your workplace? workplacelaw 8 Security licensing Due to a Security Industry Authority (SIA) backlog 30,000 security operators may currently be working illegally. Katy Brown interrogates Robert Bu...

    Magazine issue | 1 Jun 2006

  18. Religious beliefs: should employers cater for all faiths?

    ...search box and link direct to the latest information What do you think? Please comment on or argue with anything you read in Workplace Law Magazine Letters should be addressed to The Editor at Workplace Law Magazine, Second Floor Daedalus House, Station Road, Cambridge CB1 2RE Fax: 0870 777 8882 Email: kelly.mansfield@workplacelaw.net LETTERS I read with interest David Sharp's article on the DDA. I had never thought of dyslexia being regarded as a disability under the act. It made me think, would colour blindness be considered a disability? Although being colour blind does not bother me -- apar...

    Magazine issue | 1 May 2005

  19. Playing with numbers: TUPE special issue

    ...E Important cases breaking the news this month, with comment from the legal experts 28 TECHNICAL UPDATE In-depth legal guidance on pension rights, religion at work and age discrimination Our panel of experts answer your management queries Research reveals employers are not sufficiently managing email and internet use in the workplace. www.istockphoto.com workplacelaw 3 workplacelaw Editor Sub-editor Design Photography MAGAZINE Kelly Mansfield T. 01223 431 054 whose side are you on? It's been around for 24 years (nearly 100 if you're picky!), there's endless case law to guide us, and yet ...

    Magazine issue | 1 Mar 2005

  20. Euromillions

    ...it www.workplacelaw.net/training/publiccourses BuSINESS WEBSITE Of ThE yEAR (paid for) please comment on anything you read in Workplace Law magazine Letters should be addressed to The Editor at Workplace Law Magazine, Second Floor, Daedalus House, Station Road, Cambridge CB1 2RE Fax: 0871 777 8882 Email: claire.fuller@workplacelaw.net 5 Please recycle this magazine when you have finished with it. www.workplacelaw.net Latest | Legal calendar legal calendar Important diary dates for the months ahead... OCTOBER 1 october The rules requiring an employer to display an employers' liability insuranc...

    Magazine issue | 2 Oct 2008

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