In this bulletin, we discuss two notable Employment Appeal Tribunal decisions: it was held that a settlement agreement could not be used to settle future claims unknown to the parties at the time of the agreement, and an employee was found to have been unfairly dismissed due to a lack of meaningful consultation in a redundancy process.
The Protection from Redundancy (Pregnancy and Family Leave) Bill and its proposals, as well as new ICO guidance on monitoring at work are also discussed.
On 12 October 2022, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) published draft guidance for employers on monitoring at work. This follows the ICO’s call for views between August and October 2021, which sought input from relevant stakeholders including workers, employees, and recruitment agencies. The draft guidance is now out for public consultation and sets out how employers can lawfully monitor workers in a way that is compliant with the provisions of the UK General Data Protection Regulation and the Data Protection Act 2018. It is intended that the guidance will provide greater regulatory certainty for employers and better protect workers’ data protection and privacy rights.
A variety of topics are covered, including:
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