With the Covid-19 pandemic leading to many redundancies, the courts are increasingly hearing disputes over mistakes employers make in laying off their workers. This suggests a lack of understanding of how a workforce reduction should be achieved lawfully. It is important in this context for the employer to offer the worker another job before issuing a redundancy notice.
Any company, state-owned or municipal institution or even sole trader that processes the personal data of EU/EEA residents enabling their identification is subject to the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”). Its requirements extend to companies outside the EU/EEA offering goods or services to EU/EEA residents. This article completes what we wrote on this topic last year.