Data Protection: Legal Compliance and Good Practice for Employers 2ed

This user-friendly handbook provides clear and practical advice on how to comply with the Data ProtectionAct in the workplace. It considers the wide-range of data protection issues that face every HR professional and data protection officer and offers guidance on implementing compliant processes in the following areas:-

• Recruitment and selection
• Respect of employee records
• Equality and equal opportunities monitoring
• Who is the data controller
• The registration process
• Retention periods for HR and payroll records
• Processing of sensitive data and data security

This new 2nd edition is packed full of information on the latest legal changes and developments, including:-

• The new regime of penalties and enforcement provisions under the Data Protection Act
• The new statutory duty to provide informationabout employees under TUPE (Transfer of Undertakings legislation)
• Advice on how to comply with data protection principles when checking if foreign nationals have the right to work in the UK under the new Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act
• Updated information on health records taking into account the revisions to the Disability Discrimination Act
• A completely new chapter on the Freedom of Information Act
• More detailed information on the data protection principles
• Recent court decisions, eg on ownership of contact lists
• Information about the new National Staff Dismissal Register
• New sections on the dangers of new technology and the use of social networking sites by employers to vet potential recruits