Datatilsynet har vurderet, at der ikke var anledning til at rejse en tilsynssag over for en kommune på baggrund af etablering af et referenceregister.
Ikke nødvendigt at fortælle om en medarbejders lange fingre
Datatilsynet har udtalt alvorlig kritik af en købmand for at have videregivet oplysninger om strafbare forhold til en medarbejders arbejdsgiver uden samtykke.
Er tredje gang lykkens gang?
Usikkerhederne ved overførsel af personoplysninger fra EU-medlemsstater til USA er igen lagt til ro med EU-Kommissionens seneste tilstrækkelighedsafgørelse.
Sikkerhedsvagt med baggrundstjek
Videregivelse af en vagtmedarbejders personoplysninger var nødvendig for at opnå sikkerhedsgodkendelse. At der ikke var givet samtykke, gjorde ikke behandlingen ulovlig.
Information er godt, men fortrolighed er som regel bedre
Datatilsynet udtalte kritik af en arbejdsgiver, der orienterede hele arbejdspladsen om, at en medarbejder var blevet afskediget på grund af samarbejdsvanskeligheder.
Ny vejledning om databeskyttelse i ansættelsesforhold
Datatilsynet har offentliggjort en revideret udgave af vejledningen om databeskyttelse i ansættelsesforhold.
Adgang forbudt for uvedkommende
Datatilsynet har udtalt kritik af et universitet, fordi det i en ukendt periode havde været muligt for uvedkommende at tilgå personoplysninger om universitets medarbejdere gennem et af universitetets IT-systemer.
Den legitime Big Brother
En fitnesskædes tv-overvågning af arbejdspladsen gav ikke anledning til kritik.
Personoplysninger på en ukrypteret harddisk er no-go
En kommune er idømt en bøde på 50.000 kr. for overtrædelse af GDPR, fordi kommunens bærbare computere ikke var krypterede, og sikkerhedsniveauet derfor var utilstrækkeligt.
Indsigt i en million dokumenter?
En dataansvarlig var ikke forpligtet til at gennemgå og udlevere oplysninger i over en million dokumenter i forbindelse med en indsigtsanmodning.
Travel allowance was part of the salary
The European Court of Justice found that it did not constitute gender discrimination that flight crew and cabin crew did not receive the same daily subsistence allowances even though they worked on the same aircrafts.
Trick or treat?
It was discrimination on the grounds of religion when a day care centre required a childcare assistant who was a Jehovah’s Witness to wear a costume for the centre’s Shrovetide party.
Summary dismissal for breach of the duty of confidentiality
A social and healthcare worker’s disclosure of confidential information to the daughter of a citizen did not justify summary dismissal.
Dragged down by the desk
The employer was not liable for an industrial accident where a defective desk collapsed and dragged an employee down with it.
New publication from Ius Laboris
The publication provides insight into some of the most interesting international trends seen in relation to employment law and the workforce of the future and, thus, harnesses the great knowledge and expertise of Ius Laboris lawyers in 56 member countries.
The Government’s legislative programme for 2024/2025
The first Tuesday of October marked the start of the new parliamentary year and, in the usual way, the Government introduced its legislative programme for the parliamentary year 2024/2025.
Double discrimination against part-time workers
The ECJ recently found that a provision in a German collective agreement on overtime pay potentially violated the prohibition of discrimination against part-time employees as well as the prohibition of discrimination on grounds of gender.
Criticism was too harsh
The summary dismissal of an employee who had sharply criticised her employer and several identifiable colleagues in a closed staff group on Facebook was justified.
Long-term prospects
A municipality was justified in dismissing an employee due to the long-term prospects of her returning to work after sickness absence.
Did the employer show care or inaction?
A security company had not forfeited the right to summarily dismiss an employee, even though the company did not summarily dismiss the employee until more than 3 weeks after the company became aware that the employee had set up and operated a competing business.