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Harrowells helps women prisoners learn about employment rights as part of rehabilitation

Posted2017-12-21 11:04

Women prisoners had a chance to learn about their employment rights when they return to work, thanks to voluntary community work led by Harrowells employment law partner, Marie Horner. Around 17 inmates at HM Prison Askham Grange, Askham Richard, attended a...

Podcast on what GDPR means for employers

Posted2017-11-13 10:00

More and more business owners and managers are becoming aware that new data protection rules (known as 'GDPR') come into force in May next year. What is not always appreciated is that the rules cover all aspects of personal data and that...

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Start planning now for new data protection rules

Posted2017-10-25 16:12

New Data Protection Rules. They impact on every aspect of your business, from HR to marketing, so start planning now New rules concerning the storage, handling and use of data by organisations come into force in May next year – by virtue of the...

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Can an employer monitor content of employee personal messages?

Posted2017-10-13 00:00

Can an employer monitor the content of an employee’s personal messages sent from a work email account? Probably not. A recent decision of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in the case of Barbulescu v Romania has overturned an earlier...

Ask all job candidates the same questions about care responsibilities

Posted2017-06-23 09:32

A recent successful compensation claim against the Japanese Consulate in Edinburgh highlights why it is important to ask all job candidates, male and female, the same questions about care responsibilities and how such responsibilities might affect...

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