WM Morrison Supermarkets plc v Various Claimants [2018] EWCA Civ 2339 – Law Journals

Staff procedures: Create or update a social media and internet policy

Anne Pritam, Imogen Heywood and Kate Higgins look at how employers can protect their business by implementing a robust and effective social media and internet policy ‘Employers need to decide what their tolerance is towards employees’ social media and internet use in the workplace.’ Use of social media, instant messaging and the internet is continuing …

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Staff procedures: Create or update a data protection policy for employees

Kirsti Laird and Josie MacLeod explain what your policy should contain to minimise the risk of staff breaching data subjects’ rights ‘While there is no express requirement to have a data protection policy, an employer can use this as evidence that it is taking its data protection obligations seriously and to demonstrate compliance with the …

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Vicarious liability: Moving with the times

Andrew Sugarman and Megan Crowther consider the extent of employers’ liability for personal injury in this rapidly changing area ‘Employers need to realise that their responsibilities are probably wider than was previously thought, with vicarious liability for the wrongs of others stretching beyond the classic master/servant relationship and stretching into conduct that might not previously …

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Data protection: Top tricky GDPR issues to tackle

Kirsti Laird and Connie Holden give advice on some of the most difficult issues that employers have been facing since the GDPR came into effect last May ‘The clear direction from both the legislature and the courts is that, rather than being incidental, personal data protection is a core element of the operation of any …

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Staff procedures: Create or update a disciplinary policy and procedure

In the second part of our series, Diane Nicol and Lesley Finlayson look at how to refresh an organisation’s disciplinary procedure in light of recent case law ‘While the Acas code is not legally binding, employment tribunals are obliged to take any provisions relevant to the case into account in their decision-making.’ Disciplinary procedures often …

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Data protection: Leak liability

Miriam Everett, Julian Copeman, Christine Young, Andrew Moir, Greig Anderson and Lucy McAlister consider a recent Court of Appeal judgment ‘An organisation can be liable for data breaches even if it has taken appropriate measures to comply with the data protection legislation.’ In WM Morrison Supermarkets plc v Various Claimants [2018], the Court of Appeal …

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Vicarious liability: Employer liable for after-party assault by its managing director

As the office Christmas party season gets underway, the Court of Appeal has provided a sobering reminder to employers of the breadth of their accountability for any misconduct by employees. Joanna Chatterton and Ed Livingstone report ‘The policy reasons for the courts wanting to make an employer liable are many, not least because the business …

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