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GDPR - What information is an employer/manager allowed to keep on file about an employee?

  • 28-10-2023 11:31am
    #1
    Peter Flynt
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    A quick GDPR question for any legal eggheads out there. What information is an employer/manager allowed to keep on file about an employee?

    For example - are managers permitted to write down and record information about staff that occurred in a private context (e.g. mettings etc) and leave them on file for a future manager to observe?



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  • #2
    Marcusm
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    Do you mean a work meeting which they held with you for the purposes of your work? That’s not a private meeting, that’s a work meeting.



  • #3
    Mrs OBumble
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    Information that is relevant to managing their employment relationship.

    For example if you have an issue with repetitive strain that you think is work related, and your employer finds out that you spend three hours knitting each evening, then that's relevant.



  • #4
    Lenar3556
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058319981/gdpr-what-information-is-an-employer-manager-allowed-to-keep-on-file-about-an-employee

    An employer has pretty broad scope to maintain employee information and records where they consider it necessary. There is unlikely to be a GDPR issue, unless the data was wholly irrelevant to the employment.

    For example if an employer met an employee at a wedding, and the employee made certain disclosures to the employer which could be relevant to the employment, it would not be unreasonable for the employer to document the engagement and share with other management where appropriate.



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