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Agency worker rights should be set in comparison with staff, advises Government
Employers should compare agency workers to members of its staff who do "broadly
similar work" in order to establish what rights the temporary worker is entitled
to, the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) has said.
12/05/2011
Privacy legislation may be needed, says culture minister
The UK may have to pass a new privacy law to take into account new technology, a
senior Government minister has said today.
11/05/2011
Press Complaints Commission rules Telegraph's 'fishing expedition' unacceptable
The Daily Telegraph was wrong to secretly tape conversations between Liberal
Democrat MPs and reporters they were constituents, the Press Complaints
Commission (PCC) has ruled.
11/05/2011
ICO publishes new code of practice for personal data sharing
Organisations must make sure they only share the personal data necessary to
achieve their objectives according to guidance published by privacy watchdog the
Information Commissioner's Office (ICO).
11/05/2011
Google infringes copyright when its services link to newspaper sites, Belgian court rules
A Belgian appeals court has upheld an earlier ruling that Google infringes on
newspapers' copyright when its services display and link to content from
newspaper websites, according to press reports.
10/05/2011
Treating licensees differently to their competitors does not constitute unreasonable discrimination, Copyright Tribunal rules
Agencies acting for copyright holders can charge different companies different
royalty rates without engaging in unlawful discrimination, the Copyright
Tribunal has ruled.
10/05/2011
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