Data Protection: Legal Compliance and Good Practice for Employers - Couverture souple

Macdonald, Lynda A. C.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1847662625 ISBN 13 : 9781847662620

Editeur : Tottel Publishing, 2008

Synopsis

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 Packed full of advice on the latest legal obligations 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 This is the book that every HR professional, data protection officer and employment law specialist needs to own. Buy your copy today and make sure that your company is fully compliant with the Data Protection Act. Contents: About the Author, Table of statues, Tables of cases, Chapter 1: Overview of the Data Protection Act and the Freedom of Information Act, Chapter 2: The data protection principle

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

This new edition includes: the new regime of penalties and enforcement provisions under the Data Protection Act; the new statutory duty to provide information about employees under TUPE (Transfer of Undertakings legislation); advice on how to comply with data protection principles when seeking to check that 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; and, a completely new chapter on the Freedom of Information Act.

Revue de presse

This book, with its detailed but accessible approach and strong practical focus will provide a useful toolkit to guide HR professionals and is an invaluable addition to the shelves of any HR department --Communications Law, 2009

Lynda MacDonald has written a book that endeavours and sunsequently suceeds in outlining the significant and often overlooked risks involved for those organisations dealing with information. --International Journal of Law and Management, 2010

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Tottel Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1847662625
• ISBN 13: 9781847662620
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 2
• Nombre de pages: 240
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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