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DWP punishes 20 staff for data-protection breaches
News The Department for Work and Pensions took disciplinary action against 20 staff in the last financial year for disclosure of information. Bradshaw added that similar data on NHS trusts has not previously been collected centrally "but we believe that...
[June 4, 2008, 15:38]
Council workers shown the door over Web abuse
News Councillor Chris Blakeley told local press that if they are found guilty of surfing for porn on office computers then further disciplinary action will be taken. It would be inappropriate to comment any further as disciplinary action could then be...
[October 28, 2002, 17:14]
2001: Email misdemeanours
News A trainee solicitor based in the Hong Kong office admitted to concocting the hoax and faced disciplinary action along with three other trainees, accused of defaming the firm's name. But little did Tomlinson know that 30 years later, his invention...
[December 31, 2001, 6:31]
'Murder' email lands lawyers in trouble
News A bogus email from a London law firm announcing the murder of a company secretary has resulted in four employees facing disciplinary action. A group of three other Herbert Smith trainees based in London could also face disciplinary action for...
[March 23, 2001, 13:49]
Met officer fined for abusing access privileges
News The Police Complaints Authority (PCA) required the Met to take disciplinary action against the officer for the breaches of the Code of Conduct. A Metropolitan Police constable has admitted to three tech-related breaches of the Police Code of...
[November 25, 2002, 16:37]
More employees disciplined over Swire email
News The notorious Claire Swire email claimed more victims Wednesday as employees of the Financial Services Authority face disciplinary action. While he wouldn't confirm what action will be taken over those employees who sent the mail on, he admits...
[December 20, 2000, 12:10]
Inland Revenue to take measures against tax record snooping
News In 2001, the Inland Revenue took disciplinary action against employees in 226 cases of computer misuse. The Inland Revenue is to introduce tough disciplinary penalties for computer misuse, after it was discovered that staff have been browsing...
[January 17, 2003, 13:20]
Singapore Oracle execs fired over fraud charges
News This is not the first time we've taken disciplinary action against our employees," Budge said in an interview. Wilde did not say what action would be taken if an employee was found guilty for breach of conduct.
[January 24, 2002, 16:52]
Fujitsu faces five-day strike
News Ian Allinson, senior representative for Amicus at Fujitsu, told ZDNet UK on Friday that he had recently been threatened with disciplinary action. It is understood that Fujitsu has asked staff who are not engaged in the action to avoid taking leave...
[January 19, 2007, 16:01]
Volvo puts brakes on terror joke emails
News It will be up to the various department managers to ascertain that the rule is followed," Hesslefors added -- implying that an employee who decided to ignore the directive could face internal disciplinary action.
[October 29, 2001, 14:00]
'Cyber-loafing' signposts motivation problems
News David Guyatt, chief executive of filtering specialist Clearswift, said companies should be employing technology to identify problems of email and Web abuse; not solely to identify problem staff and serial procrastinators with a view to...
[July 16, 2004, 12:25]
Fujitsu staff start five-day strike
News In December it suspended industrial action while Acas (the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service) was brought in to help. Allinson is facing suspension from Fujitsu as a result of his involvement in the continuing action.
[January 29, 2007, 13:14]
Fujitsu workers to strike this week
News He is facing disciplinary action by the company over his involvement with the union. In addition, "action short of a strike involving withdrawal of goodwill commenced on Monday 20 November and is still ongoing", said the union.
[January 10, 2007, 13:44]
Ford offers amnesty on Internet porn
News Anyone that acesses it or transmits it or stores it will be subject to disciplinary action. Company directors could face legal action if the material coming from their offices is seen by someone who finds it seriously offensive.
[March 5, 2002, 13:03]
Council members calls for porn surfer to be named
News The dangers of sending email from work were highlighted last December when a lawyer at city firm Norton Rose faced disciplinary action for circulating an email about his girlfriend's sexual tastes, which reached over one million people within a week.
[April 24, 2001, 11:50]
EDS took year to notice loss of prison-staff data
News Noms is taking disciplinary action against some staff as a result. The Noms IT security team did not take sufficient action following receipt of the interim report, with the result that senior officials and ministers were not aware of the loss...
[November 24, 2008, 10:08]
HP exec hits back at vote critics
News An HP representative would not say if disciplinary action has been taken against any employees but said HP's internal security workers are being joined by outside consultants to help determine the source of the leak.
[April 12, 2002, 11:44]
No deterrent
Talkback "Internal" disciplinary action is a grossly inadequate response to data misuse in the IPS and to me smacks of lax and idle management covering their weakness. Those working in such positions of trust must, in addition to instant dismissal, be...
[November 3, 2008, 14:17]
Email embarrassment for City lawyer
News Bradley Chait is now facing disciplinary action after the mail achieved cult status, days after it was sent. The dangers of sending email from work were brought vividly home to a lawyer at a City firm this week who sent out a mail telling friends...
[December 14, 2000, 10:55]
Surveillance: Net surfing could get you sacked
News This month Philip Cooke, director of Leisure at Gloucester City council resigned after the council began disciplinary action following a "a sustained period of Internet use". Employers are using Net surfing as an excuse to sack hundreds of people...
[September 27, 1999, 11:25]
