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It can’t have escaped your notice that the EU wide General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) becomes law in the UK on 25 May 2018.  This has an impact on all businesses in the UK that process personal data. Personal data is any information that enables an individual to be identified. Any business with employees processes personal data and therefore needs to be aware of the changes in the law and how this impacts upon how they use, store and retain data. Businesses also need to consider their wider activities in terms of when and how they handle the personal...

Employer: ‘I’ve told my employee they can’t come back to work, what do I do now?’ Employment law adviser:  *Sigh* The first piece of advice to our reader is…don’t do this! Always take advice before you say anything to an employee that even vaguely suggests they can’t continue working for your business. In the case of Cosmeceuticals Ltd v Parkin the Employment Appeal Tribunal determined that the statutory definition of the Effective Date of Dismissal is the date that a summary dismissal is communicated to the employee, even where notice ought to have applied and wasn’t given. And in...