Hi, here is your weekly round-up of highlights from OUT-LAW News. As always, there are plenty of other stories from this week. You can also access our archive of weekly emails. Employers should compare agency workers to members of its staff who do "broadly similar work" in order to establish what rights the temporary worker is entitled to, the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) has said. The UK may have to pass a new privacy law to take into account new technology, a senior Government minister has said today. The Daily Telegraph was wrong to secretly tape conversations between Liberal Democrat MPs and reporters they were constituents, the Press Complaints Commission (PCC) has ruled. Organisations must make sure they only share the personal data necessary to achieve their objectives according to guidance published by privacy watchdog the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO). A Belgian appeals court has upheld an earlier ruling that Google infringes on newspapers' copyright when its services display and link to content from newspaper websites, according to press reports. Agencies acting for copyright holders can charge different companies different royalty rates without engaging in unlawful discrimination, the Copyright Tribunal has ruled.
This week's news on OUT-LAW.COM
Agency worker rights should be set in comparison with staff, advises Government
12/05/2011Privacy legislation may be needed, says culture minister
11/05/2011Press Complaints Commission rules Telegraph's 'fishing expedition' unacceptable
11/05/2011ICO publishes new code of practice for personal data sharing
11/05/2011Google infringes copyright when its services link to newspaper sites, Belgian court rules
10/05/2011Treating licensees differently to their competitors does not constitute unreasonable discrimination, Copyright Tribunal rules
10/05/2011
Friday, 13 May 2011
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