Jo Broadbent, counsel knowledge lawyer at Hogan Lovells, discusses the legal and best practice issues for employers in relation to the remote monitoring and surveillance of homeworkers.
While the focus has been on the impact of the coronavirus pandemic, HR professionals have still had their fair share of employment law cases to keep track of in 2020. We highlight seven noteworthy cases from 2020 that employers should know about.
In WM Morrison Supermarkets plc v Various claimants, the Supreme Court held that the employer is not vicariously liable for an employee's deliberate personal data breach because the employee was not engaged in furthering his employer's business but was pursuing "a personal vendetta".
A model policy to inform employees of the reasons for the use of tracking and telematics devices in your organisation's vehicles, the type of data collected and the way in which it is processed.
In López Ribalda and others v Spain, the European Court of Human Rights held that Spanish shop workers' right to privacy was not violated when a supermarket secretly installed hidden cameras to monitor employee thefts.