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Hey Beagles,
I am posting this on behalf of a colleague and friend. She has been signed off with depression from work following all the correct procedures the company employs.
She has had her sick leave extended by her GP and the sole person who is responsible for and represents the company HR department emailed the following to the UK group.
The body of the email was literally (substituting the brackets for the employees real name) "[Employee name] has been signed off for the next week.".
Is this in breach of data protection act 1998 or any other employment legislations?
The employee did not outright request discretion in terms of the reason but did not give their permission to have the reason made known either. This has caused the employee some embarrassment and distress around the wording of "signed off".
Where does someone stand in this position when the HR representative is a single person and have they broken any legislations?
Thanks for taking the time to read.
I am posting this on behalf of a colleague and friend. She has been signed off with depression from work following all the correct procedures the company employs.
She has had her sick leave extended by her GP and the sole person who is responsible for and represents the company HR department emailed the following to the UK group.
The body of the email was literally (substituting the brackets for the employees real name) "[Employee name] has been signed off for the next week.".
Is this in breach of data protection act 1998 or any other employment legislations?
The employee did not outright request discretion in terms of the reason but did not give their permission to have the reason made known either. This has caused the employee some embarrassment and distress around the wording of "signed off".
Where does someone stand in this position when the HR representative is a single person and have they broken any legislations?
Thanks for taking the time to read.
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