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New law: Proposed duty to prevent third party harassment of employees dropped
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- Oct 2023
- Atom Content Marketing
Employers should carefully monitor proposed new equality laws currently going through Parliament, which seem to have dropped a planned new duty on employers to prevent harassment of employees by third parties.
New guidance: ICO publishes draft guidance on data protection law for biometric data
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- Oct 2023
- Atom Content Marketing
Businesses using or considering using biometric data and technologies will welcome a first-phase draft of proposed guidance on the application of data protection law, published by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO).
New law: Businesses start checking website visitors can reject cookies easily
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- Oct 2023
- Atom Content Marketing
Businesses that fail to comply with rules requiring them to make it as easy for their website visitors to reject non-essential cookies as to accept them should consider amending their websites to ensure compliance, as the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) may be taking a stricter approach to enforcement in future.
New penalties: Fines to increase for failure to check right to work or live in UK
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- Oct 2023
- Atom Content Marketing
Employers and landlords should pay strict attention to the rule requiring them to check the right to work in the UK of workers and the right to reside for lodgers/tenants respectively, as the government has announced plans to dramatically increase the civil penalties for non-compliance.
New guidance: New fire safety guidance for multi-unit residential buildings
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- Oct 2023
- Atom Content Marketing
Persons responsible for multi-residential buildings in England – which can include owners, long leaseholders, tenants and managing agents – will welcome Home Office guidance to help them comply with new fire safety rules in force from the beginning of 2023.
New law: Reminder on dismissal of employees charged with criminal offence
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- Oct 2023
- Atom Content Marketing
Employers have recently been reminded of the rules governing when an employee charged with a criminal offence can be fairly dismissed, in a case involving a footballer charged with assault and rape.
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