Category News and Press

ICO: Law change outlaws ‘back door’ criminal record check

Criminal Record

Summary From 10th March 2015. Employers can not demand employees access information about themselves under the DPA. This ‘enforced subject access’ bypassed the legal criminal record check process (DBS) and is now outlawed. Original Author: ICO Original Links:  Content…

HO/CO: Cyber security ‘myths’ putting a third of SME revenue at risk

Cyber Security SMEs

Summary 66% of SMEs don’t consider their business to be vulnerable. Just 16% say that improving their cyber security is a top priority for 2015.  24% think that cyber security is too expensive to implement. 22% admit that they ‘don’t…

Nuisance Calls & Spam Texts – ‘Crack Down’ Announced

Cold Calling

Summary Change will make it easier for ICO to issue fines up to £500,000. No longer need to prove a company caused ‘substantial damage or substantial distress’. Effective 6 April 2015. Government also ‘considering’ measures to hold board level executives responsible. Electronic marketing,…

Shared Parental Leave: Parents-to-be begin the countdown.

Shared Parental Leave

Summary Up to 50 weeks shared parental leave. Babies due on or after 5th April 2015. Parents to agree the pattern of leave they intend to take with 8 weeks’ notice to employer. Original Author: BIS & ACAS Original Link:  Content With just…

BIS: New powers for business groups to tackle late payment

Summary “tough new laws and bulking up existing codes of practice” Groceries Code Adjudicator to get power to fine supermarkets for breaching Groceries Supply Code of Practice. consultation on widening the powers available to representative bodies Original Author: BIS Original Link: …