Employment Law Seminars - All Events

Session 1 A Review of Latest Developments in Data Protection Including:

• Latest stats & figures
• Latest on breach notifications
• Right of access & electronic mailing
• Insurance Industry Investigation
• Use of CCTV & Biometrics in the workplace
• Developments at European level

Speaker: Gary Davis, Office of the Data Commissioner

Session 2 The Revenue & Data Protection – Our  Biggest Challenges – the Revenue one of Ireland’s largest employers explains how they address their biggest data protection challenges.

Speaker: Finbarr O'Leary, The Revenue

Session 3 Five Recent Data Protection Breaches Examined - This session examines closely the causes of 5 major breaches of the DPA and the learning from each incident.

Speaker: Michael Brophy, Certification Europe Ltd

Session 4 Understanding the Parameters of the Right of Individual Access to Your Organisation’s Data – the right of access is probably one of the most misunderstood rights in data protection. Often much more information is disclosed than necessary. We examine how to work out what’s a fair request and what’s not.

Speaker: David Fagan, Eversheds O'Donnell Sweeney

Session 5 Social Media – Containing the Beast within - Use of Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin and Blogspot is now widespread and can provide considerable commercial advantage to organisations. But unregulated, it can damage workplace relations, personal and business reputations and lead to all sorts of litigation.

This sessions considers how best to control use of social media at work through contracts of employment, internal policies, staff handbooks and training.

Speaker: Anna Broderick, Evershed O'Donnell Sweeney

Session 6A: Achieving Cultural Change in Terms of Data Security - Sustainable change in terms of data security and privacy compliance requires more than the mere imposition of policies and protocols.

The greatest element required to make change stick is to address organisational and individual values and attitudes that drive behavioural actions. When these are fully engaged change will become self generating. This session will identify core change issues and develop a strategy to address them.

Dorothy Quinn, Kefron Consulting

Session 6B: Review of FOI issues from Information Commissioner - A review of Freedom of Information issues from the Information Commissioner including a look at the rise in FOI requests, bodies falling outside of the FOI Act, restrictions to the FOI Act, and greater publication of public information.

Sean Garvey, Senior Investigator, Office of the Ombudsman

Session 7A: HR – and the Big Data Protection Issues –The new vetting guidance, Internet research of candidates, keeping records of interviews, selection discussions, grievances & disciplinary hearings. Who can record what and how?

David Fagan & Anna Broderick, EvershedsO'DonnellSweeney

Session 7B: Data Sharing in the Public Sector - Guidelines

An overview of the new Guidelines and their application to public bodies looking to share data.

Eversheds

Part II: Data Protection Breaches in the Public Sector

Some Case Studies.

Gary Davis, Office of the Data Commissioner

Session 8A: 5 Model Data Protection Policies– a leading employment lawyer takes you through 5 model policies designed to help you prevent data loss, abuse of the Internet & social media as well as to allow you to lawfully monitor staff, premises and vehicles.

Anna Broderick, Eversheds O'Donnell Sweeney

Session 8B: FOI – Managing FOI requests – The law and practice

Part 1 Eversheds explains what you are not required to disclose under the FOI Act.

David Fagan, Eversheds O'Donnell Sweeney

Part 2 Managing and Co-ordinating RFOI Requests It's not just about exemptions. Mediating and negotiating an FOI request can save you huge amounts of time and money. Alva Maloney of Forfas explains how to scope, manage, and negotiate before you even need to going looking for records.

Alva Moloney, Forfas