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Three Councils have recently been handed significant fines by the Information Commissioners Office (ICO) for serious breaches of the Data Protection Act 1998.
Whilst the Information Commissioner and the Department for Communities and Local Government hoped that the ICO’s powers to use monetary penalties would need to be used “only sparingly” the total fines imposed since May 2010 exceed £1M. These latest cases highlight just how serious the ICO takes breaches in the safeguarding arena.
To prevent being caught out it is clear that robust systems need to be put in place to ensure that sensitive information is properly managed and carefully disseminated. The ICO emphasized procedures and training as being fundamental to any Data Protection system.
I wonder what the ICO would have done if the Councils had demonstrated effective systems and shown that these employees had received training on those systems, and the loss was simply a matter of bad luck.
As has been widely reported this week, some 3,000 UK workers are taking part in a six month trial to assess the viability of a four-day working week without any reduction in their normal pay.
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From 6 April 2022, right to work checks on all migrant or settled prospective employees must be online and checks on British or Irish nationals will be manual (free) or digital (charged for).
The long-awaited draft Mental Capacity Act Code of Practice, including the Liberty Protection Safeguards (“LPS”), has landed.
Since 11 November 2021, workers in regulated care homes in England have been required to be vaccinated against Covid-19, unless they are exempt in accordance with the Health and Social Care Act 2008.
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