Data and HR: Data in Collective Labour Relations
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Counsel
Belgium
As Counsel in our International HR Services group in Brussels, I have in-depth experience in employment and civil law litigation, with a practice that spans an array of employment and social security law matters, focusing on dismissals, compensation and benefits and workplace health and safety hazards.
Partner
Belgium
I am a partner in our Employment team in Brussels, where I advise and represent our clients in a wide range of matters relating to employment and social security law.
Senior Associate
Belgium
I am an associate in our International HR Group in Brussels where I advise our clients with respect to individual and collective labour law issues, as well as social security and HR matters.
In corporate practice, the use of data is omnipresent these days. Often underestimated or overlooked, specifically in the modern human resources area, data are playing an ever-increasing role.
In recent years, our clients have been paying increasing attention to protecting the privacy of their employees. An important aspect of the topic that hasn’t received as much attention is the pragmatic use of data protection rules in collective labour relations. In the context of ongoing relations between management and employee representatives in company bodies and/or external trade unionists, a lot of information and data are exchanged. In this video, associate Guillaume Nolens discusses how to safely share data with trade unions and what reflexes you should have before sending employee data to trade union representatives.
