Overview: Employer’s failure to update disciplinary manager made dismissal unfair Case: Mr J Uddin v London Borough of Ealing : UKEAT/0165/19/RN The facts: The EAT has recently an earlier employment tribunal decision which held that an employee who had been accused of sexually assaulting a work-placement student was unfairly dismissed. The investigating officer in this …
Data Protection | ICO issues fresh guidance regarding time limits for dealing with Data Subject Access Requests
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has recently amended its General Data Protection Regulation: Right of access guidance on the time limits for compliance with a data subject access request (DSAR). Key changes The ICO’s amended guidance confirms that when a data controller requests clarification from an individual making a subject access request, the start of the one-month …
Employer Update | Whistleblowing
Overview: Overturning the decision of the Court of Appeal, the Supreme Court has confirmed that an employer can be held liable for automatic unfair dismissal in circumstances where the person taking the decision to dismiss is unaware that protected disclosures have previously been made. Case: Royal Mail Group Ltd v Jhuti [2019] UKSC 55 The …