False details given e.g. application form – To make redundancy the organisation must: Must consult with trade unions The job must have disappeared Period of notice must be given and redundancy payments must be offered National Minimum Wage Regulations 1999 The national minimum wage sets minimum hourly rates that employers must pay their workers. It covers almost all workers in the UK. There are three aged based rates and an apprentice rate. Data Protection Act 1988 and 2003 When businesses or organisations keep information about people on computer systems they need to make sure that they follow the Eight Principles of Data Protection It must be collected and used fairly and inside the law. It must only be held and used for the reasons to the Information Commissioner. It can only be used for registered purposes and only be disclosed to those people mentioned in the register entry. You cannot give it away or sell it unless you said you would to begin with. The information held must be adequate, relevant and not excessive when compared with the purpose stated in the register. So you must have enough detail but not too much for the job that you are doing with the data. It must be accurate and be kept up to date. There is a duty to keep it up to date, for example to change an address when people move. It must not be kept longer than is necessary for the registered purpose. It is alright to keep information for certain lengths of time but not indefinitely. This rule means that it would be wrong to keep information about past customers longer than a few years at most. The information must be kept safe and secure. This includes keeping the information backed up and away from any unauthorised access. It would be wrong to leave personal data open to be viewed by just anyone. The files may not be transferred outside of the European Economic Area (that's the EU plus some small European countries) unless the country that the data is being sent to has a suitable data protection law. This part of theDPA has led to some countries passing similar laws to allow computer data centres to be located in their area Freedom of Information Act (Scotland) Act 2002 The Freedom of Information Act gives you the right to ask any public sector organisation for all the recorded information they have on any subject. Anyone can make a request for information there are no restrictions on your age, nationality – or where you live. Organisations must provide it to you within 20 working days unless it falls into an expemption category. Computer Misuse Act 1990
False details given – e.g. application form To make redundancy the organisation must: Must consult with trade unions The job must have disappeared Period of notice must be given and redundancy payments must be offered National Minimum Wage Regulations 1999 The national minimum wage sets minimum hourly rates that employers must pay their workers. It covers almost all workers in the UK. There are three aged based rates and an apprentice rate. Data Protection Act 1988 and 2003 When businesses or organisations keep information about people on computer systems they need to make sure that they follow the Eight Principles of Data Protection It must be collected and used fairly and inside the law. It must only be held and used for the reasons to the Information Commissioner. It can only be used for registered purposes and only be disclosed to those people mentioned in the register entry. You cannot give it away or sell it unless you said you would to begin with. The information held must be adequate, relevant and not excessive when compared with the purpose stated in the register. So you must have enough detail but not too much for the job that you are doing with the data. It must be accurate and be kept up to date. There is a duty to keep it up to date, for example to change an address when people move. It must not be kept longer than is necessary for the registered purpose. It is alright to keep information for certain lengths of time but not indefinitely. This rule means that it would be wrong to keep information about past customers longer than a few years at most. The information must be kept safe and secure. This includes keeping the information backed up and away from any unauthorised access. It would be wrong to leave personal data open to be viewed by just anyone. The files may not be transferred outside of the European Economic Area (that's the EU plus some small European countries) unless the country that the data is being sent to has a suitable data protection law. This part of theDPA has led to some countries passing similar laws to allow computer data centres to be located in their area Freedom of Information Act (Scotland) Act 2002 The Freedom of Information Act gives you the right to ask any public sector organisation for all the recorded information they have on any subject. Anyone can make a request for information – there are no restrictions on your age, nationality or where you live. Organisations must provide it to you within 20 working days unless it falls into an expemption category. Computer Misuse Act 1990
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