If you're in a dispute with your employer, one of the most powerful tools available to you is your right to submit a Data Subject Access Request (DSAR) under the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018.
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If you're in a dispute with your employer, one of the most powerful tools available to you is your right to submit a Data Subject Access Request (DSAR) under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
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Strategic Retreat: Why Stepping Back is Sometimes the Strongest Move in a Workplace Dispute
14/06/2025
In popular culture—and in many workplaces—we're taught to see strength in confrontation. Stand your ground. Speak up. Push back. Confront the bully.
We were supporting an employee recently in a case involving a return to work after an injury. His employer had provided a verbal assurance of support and a "collaborative" approach. The HR manager — let's call her Karen — was calm, polite, and didn't use any legal language.
If you've got less than 2 years' service, the wrong move could cost you your job — and leave you with no legal protection.
If you're involved in a workplace dispute and reach a financial settlement with your employer, it's important to understand how that payment will be treated for tax purposes. Some payments can be tax-free, but others are taxable depending on what the payment is for.
In most situations, it's easy to tell if you're working as an employee or if you're self-employed. But sometimes it's not so clear. In Ireland and across the EU, there's no simple legal definition of what "employed" or "self-employed" means. So, to figure it out, both your contract and what actually happens day to day in your job are looked at....
No, your employer is not allowed to deduct the cost of a uniform — or the cost of cleaning it — from your wages without your prior written agreement. Under the Payment of Wages Act 1991, any deduction from your pay must be authorised in writing, either through a clearly worded clause in your signed contract of employment or...
If you're involved in a workplace dispute, keeping accurate, organised records can be critically important.