The Information Commissioner has published a Code of Practice on how to deal with subject access requests for personal information from employees and ex-employees under the Data Protection Act 1988. The Code provides guidance on how to respond to subject access requests, explains how to deal with requests involving other peoples’ information, and gives practical examples of requests and various exemptions.
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A worker is entitled to 5.6 weeks’ annual leave (equivalent to 28 days for those who work five days a week) in each leave year.   Where a worker is prevented from taking statutory holiday due to sickness the worker is entitled to carry over the statutory holiday to the next holiday year.  It has been unclear whether this carry over of leave applied to all the 5.6 weeks’ annual leave or only the first 4 weeks of annual leave (the rules in relation to the first  4 weeks statutory holiday differ in some respects from the rules for the last
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