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High Costs of On-call Time
THIS ISSUE: NMW and other pay rate increases for 2018/19, On-call time, GDPR Taylor Review Response – Itemised Payslips The draft Employment Rights Act 1996 (Itemised Pay Statement) (Amendment) (No 2) Order 2018 extends the right to itemised payslip to all workers, not just employees, and allows for enforcement of that right in an employment tribunal. [...]
Morrisons in the News, and other Privacy issues
THIS ISSUE: Cameras and Privacy, Data Breaches, Perceived Disability and Whistleblowing Lecture theatre cameras an invasion of Privacy In the case of Antović and Mirković v Montenegro, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) considered whether a University installing surveillance cameras in their student auditoriums (to ensure the safety of property and people, and to monitor teaching) [...]
Gigging in the Gig Economy
Hot Topic: Gigging in the Gig Economy This is a brief note explaining the main elements of the current focus in the press on the Gig Economy and the related recent cases around employment status. What is the Gig Economy? This is the ever more common arrangement where individuals are engaged by businesses on an "ad hoc" and [...]