Legal Skills: Data Protection Law

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Course Overview

This practical 1-day course enables participants to understand the law that applies to the collection, storage and use of personal data in the workplace, from the beginning to the end of the employment relationship.

Audience

Personnel practitioners responsible for employment law issues within their organisation. No prior knowledge of data protection law is required.General course level - appropriate for all levels of delegates.

Skills Gained

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

• advise on the key principles applying to the collection, access and use of personal data
• relate the provisions in the employment code to practical day-to-day issues
• make clear to all staff the need for security of data
• apply these principles to policies and procedures in particular areas such as management of sickness records and monitoring of email and Internet usage.

Course Outline

Data protection overview

• what is personal data?
• the difference between sensitive and non-sensitive data
• who is responsible for applying the Data Protection Act?
• understanding the data protection principles
• collecting personal information fair Collection notices

Good housekeeping

• what to keep and what to discard
• security issues
• training and communicating of staff
• how to deal with transmission overseas

The Data Protection Codes of Practice

• understanding and applying the Code of Practice
• part four of the Code employees' health, drug and alcohol testing at work

Beginning and during employment

• recruitment and selection (including advertising, dealing with applications, shortlisting, selection testing, references, medical records, vetting, verification, validation, access to interview notes and retention of records)
• collection and storage of information
• equal opportunities monitoring
• pensions and insurance schemes
• disclosure policy

Monitoring and surveillance

• link to human rights issues
• Regulation of Investigatory Powers legislation and privacy
• changes to improve the protection of workers' personal data
• monitoring communications telephone, Internet and email policies

Ending employment

• discipline and dismissal
• the retention and integrity of records
• subject access request.

Legal Skills: Data Protection Law / LE-UDP