A-Z guides
Data protection
The Data Protection Act 1998 (DPA) is the principal piece of legislation in the UK governing personal data, and includes restrictions on processing data, gives data subjects certain rights, as well as creating eight legally enforceable 'data p...
Directors' responsibilities
Company directors are primarily responsible for the management of their companies and, generally, their duties are owed to the company. However, they also owe duties to the owners as a whole. In addition, they have responsibilities in respect of t...
Disability
A person is held to be disabled if they have a physical or mental impairment that has a substantial long-term adverse effect on their ability to carry out normal day-to-day activities. ‘Long-term’ is considered to be for more than 12 m...
Discipline and grievance
Procedural fairness in the workplace is essential if employers are to avoid falling foul of employment protection laws. Best practice requires that an employer should have a written procedure to deal with disciplinary and grievance issues, which s...
Discrimination
UK law prohibits discrimination and harassment on a number of different grounds in all facets of employment, including recruitment, contractual terms, working conditions, promotions, transfers, dismissals and training. An employer must not discri...
Display screen equipment
Display Screen Equipment (DSE) is the term used to define electronic devices used at work, such as computers, laptops and handheld devices. The Health and Safety (Display Screen Equipment) Regulations 1992 state that DSE includes “any alphan...