regulatory bodies Flashcards
informations commissions office role and responsibilities 🧑💻🦮
Role
•Regulates freedom of information.
•Protects personal data.
Responsibilities
•Promote good practice in data handling.
•Advice and guidance on data protection.
•Help comply with the law.
informations commissions office powers 🎸🔖
•Issue notices: refrain from certain things
•total ban on processing personal data.
•fines .
health and safety executive role and responsibilities ☠️🕵️🏖️
Role
•To prevent workplace death, injury or ill health.
Responsibilities
•Advice, information and guidance.
•inspections/investigations.
•enforcement actions against breaches.
health and safety executive powers
Powers
•Enter premises/investigate
•Seize/ destroy dangerous items.
•fines
equality advisory and support services roles and responsibilities
Role
•To assist individuals on equality/human rights.
Responsibilities
•advice about discrimination
•Resources to use in workplace.
•Helpline telephone line/online.
equality advisory support services powers
Powers
•No power to enforce legal compliance
•No power to offer legal assistance
•refer to other agencies for help with a case
equality and human rights commission roles and responsibilities
Role
•enforce Equality Act 2010.
Responsibilities
•eliminate discrimination.
•protect human rights.
•Protect people’s fairness, dignity, respect .
equality and human rights commission powers 🧐🩼🧑⚖️
Powers
•Investigate complaints
•Offer legal assistance to victims
•Court orders (restraining action)
impact of legislation on organisation(protective reasons)🧒🏿
•Reduce risk of exploitation.
•Potential unfair practices.
positive impacts of legislation on organisation
•Creditors have legal rights if debts are unpaid.
•Ensures employees are treated fairly
•Competitive activities are fair
negative impact of legislation on an organisation
•Health safety law impact operations.
•costs increase to comply with legislation.
•Staff costs increase(minimum wage)
