Employment And Immigration Changes For 2018

Many key employment developments are geared up to take effect in 2018. Here, we set out the main employment and immigration changes all employers should be aware of as the new year sets in:

EU General Data Protection Regulation

The introduction of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), coming into effect on 25 May 2018, is set to be one of the most significant changes in employment law this year. The aim of the data protection overhaul is to have a consistent set of rules throughout the EU dealing with data protection. Though the UK is approaching Brexit, we will have a Data Protection Bill (to replace the current Data Protection Act 1998) which will preserve the GDPR in the UK once we have left the EU. If you have not got your head around the new rules yet, now is the time to do so as all employers will be expected to comply with various new obligations, including those relating to the processing of personal data and consent. See below for more details