If you employ people you will be using information about them (‘personal data’) to make decisions and manage the employment relationship.
Below are some things to keep in mind to ensure that what you are doing with your employees’ data is lawful:
Does data protection law apply to HR data?
What is special category data?
Principle 1: Lawfulness, fairness and transparency
Principle 2: Purpose limitation
Principle 3: Data minimisation
Principle 4: Data accuracy
Principle 5: Storage limitation
Principle 6: Integrity and confidentiality
Principle 7: Accountability
Individual’s rights