P&E Update: Employment/Employee Benefits Bulletin

Topics covered in this bulletin:

New Law

• What to expect in employment law in 2018

Cases Round-up

• Employer found vicariously liable for employee’s data breach
• Whistleblowing: self-interested disclosure not protected
• Unlawful inducement to avoid collective bargaining
• Discrimination because of perceived disability
• Without prejudice: what is “unambiguous impropriety”?

Points in Practice

• Gender pay gap reporting: EHRC publishes enforcement strategy for consultation
• IA publishes register of FTSE companies with significant votes against resolutions
• GDPR: Article 29 Working Party publishes consultation on guidelines on consent