Employers that want to scan the QR code on their employees' CoronaCheck app would do well to draw up a policy that outlines the measures for providing a safe workplace....more
9/28/2021
/ Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Data Protection ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Policies ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Infectious Diseases ,
International Labor Laws ,
Mobile Apps ,
Netherlands ,
Public Health Emergency ,
QR Codes ,
Vaccinations ,
Workplace Safety
We recently reported on the risks of scanning employees’ fingerprints. After the District Court of Amsterdam reprimanded a shoe store chain last summer for using fingerprint scans to access the tills, Dutch Department store...more
At the end of 2019, Dutch department store chain HEMA announced it was going to stop using fingerprints for its time clocks and sales registers. HEMA had been planning to introduce this fast and reliable method of...more
2/14/2020
/ Biometric Information ,
Data Collection ,
Employee Privacy Rights ,
Employment Contract ,
Fingerprints ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
International Labor Laws ,
Netherlands ,
New Regulations ,
Personal Data ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Prior Express Consent ,
Wage and Hour
Supreme Court Clarifies Right to Continued Payment of Wages Pending Trials -
Precedential Decision by Judiciary or Regulatory Agency -
On July 13, 2018, the Supreme Court of the Netherlands ruled that an employer has no...more
10/11/2018
/ Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Data Protection Authority ,
Data Security ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Hiring & Firing ,
International Data Transfers ,
International Labor Laws ,
Netherlands ,
Personal Data ,
Risk Management ,
Wage and Hour