Data Protection and the Homeworker

On April 9th 2009 the UK Government extended its flexible working scheme so that parents of children up to the age of 16 have the right to request to work from home.  Employers who contravene the new law may be taken to tribunal and forced to pay 8 week’s salary in compensation.

Employers are also responsible for ensuring full compliance with the Data Protection Act 1998 for home-workers and may be fined for security breaches for staff who work in an insecure environment.

Are your staff fully trained in how to manage the risks that are associated with the new law?

Have you established eligibility criteria for your staff?

Do you have adequate procedures for protecting data in transit between your office premises and staff homes?

If these questions are inducing a feeling of despair, you may find the perfect antidote in our “Hand-Book on Data Security and the Home Worker” along with a web-cast entitled “IT Security and the Home Worker”. These materials offer comprehensive support for the “do’s and don’ts” of creating home-working policies and technical security features.

Suitable for: All staff

What will you learn:

How to design job descriptions for staff who may be eligible to work from home;

How to create policies for the storage of data from home-based employees;

How to create policies to ensure that the employee has understood their personal and legal responsibilities for data protection;

Security requirements for maintaining the accuracy of data when staff are home-based