Privacy Laws in Recruitment: Working at Best Practice

 

Overview:

Recruitment firms in practice have the responsibility to adhere to Privacy laws when it comes to maintaining the privacy of  personal information received about potential candidates.   

With reputation at the forefront of candidate experience, firms in practice must support their obligations under the Code of Professional Conduct values in keeping up to date across the complex laws when dissecting and interpreting legislation.

In this webinar, Andrew C. Wood, author of the RCSA Code of Professional Conduct and Mediator & Workforce Governance Advocate at WorkAccord, presents the legal landscape of privacy laws in recruitment and staffing and will discuss common case studies recruitment consultants may face during the recruitment process.

Delivery Date:  Wednesday, 4th November 2020
Live Delivery Times:  10am - 11am AWST | 12pm - 1pm AEST | 1pm - 2pm AEDT | 3pm - 4pm NZDT

Learning Outcomes:

• What is privacy law in recruitment & staffing?
• Privacy Laws in the Collection of information & When can you give information to third parties? 
• What information can you give to references?
• Reference Checking across the Ditch:  Privacy Law changes planned for NZ recruiters
• GDPR & UK Data Protection Laws:  Relevance for recruiters who source & screen UK and or EU connections

Meet the facilitator: Andrew C. Wood Hon FRCSA (Life)

 
Andrew is an Australian Lawyer with over 35 years' experience as a solicitor and barrister. He retired from practice in 2019 to concentrate on full-time mediation and workforce governance through WorkAccord. He is the author of the ACCC authorised RCSA Code for Professional Conduct, its Grievance Intervention Guidelines, its StaffSure Certification Standard, and many of its templates including the Recruitment Client Services Agreement. Andrew is an accredited mediator with Resolution Institute and is regularly engaged as the unit course co-ordinator and lecturer for QUT's Employment Law unit.

 

Delivery:

The live session is recorded and a copy of the recording distributed to all registered participants. Please note: There will be a 5 day limited access period to view the recording post the live session.

Webinar joining links are emailed to participants within 24 hours after registration 

All start and end times listed are displayed in Melbourne | Australian Eastern Standard (or Daylight) Time

Booking Terms & Conditions:

This event is governed by the RCSA Booking Terms & Conditions

For More Information:

RCSA Learning & Development
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