The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has fined Halfords Limited £30,000 for sending 498,179 unsolicited marketing emails to…
At the halfway point of a groundbreaking six-month trial of a four-day week pilot programme in the UK, data points and qualitative…
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has published draft guidance on privacy-enhancing technologies (PETs) to help…
ACAS has published new advice on how to consider and handle staff suspensions at work. A suspension is when an employer tells an…
The use of artificial intelligence by public bodies is to be monitored by Britain’s equality regulator, the EHRC, to ensure…
A worker whose hand was cut off while he was repairing a factory machine has said his injuries are so bad he struggles to pick up…
Eleven trade unions, coordinated by the TUC and represented by Thompsons Solicitors LLP, have begun legal proceedings to protect…
The owner of Instagram, Facebook and Whatsapp, Meta, has been fined €405m (£349m) by the Irish data watchdog, the DPC, for…
Almost a quarter (23%) of under-35s who can work from home have said they would consider coming into the office more due to rising…
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has commenced criminal proceedings against eight individuals over alleged unlawful…
The All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for the Cleaning and Hygiene Industry will commence a review entitled ‘Embedding…
Ministers must class COVID-19 as an occupational disease to strengthen protections for workers, the TUC has said. A new report…
New research from the CIPD shows zero-hours contract workers report having a better work–life balance and wellbeing than other…
According to Unite, Harrods is preparing to use agency workers to replace staff who could go on strike, making them the first…
The typical UK worker is going into the office fewer than 1.5 days a week, with Friday the most popular day to work from home,…
The government has announced that all retained EU laws will be sunset on 31 December 2023, enabling the UK to tailor-make its…
One of the final acts of the Boris Johnson Government before the Parliamentary summer recess was to publish the Data Protection…
Evidence tells us that a diverse, inclusive workplace is better for business. As well as health benefits, it can increase your…
When considering the process of dismissal, employers need to remember that it is a series of steps, and that even though the…
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has published the third edition of 'Fire safety in construction', which includes an added…
The British Standards Institution (BSI) has published three new standards, setting out competence requirements for safety…
