{"id":65,"date":"2009-03-14T16:14:05","date_gmt":"2009-03-14T15:14:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hazards.org\/blacklistblog\/?p=65"},"modified":"2009-08-01T16:14:59","modified_gmt":"2009-08-01T15:14:59","slug":"britain-action-threat-over-employee-blacklist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hazards.org\/blacklistblog\/2009\/03\/14\/britain-action-threat-over-employee-blacklist\/","title":{"rendered":"Britain: Action threat over employee blacklist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The glittering list of contractors accused of using a \u2018construction blacklist\u2019 to vet potential employees are bracing themselves for the legal and political fallout. Unions UCATT and Unite are both seeking legal advice on suing some of the 45 contractors named in the list, while Labour MP Michael Clapham has tabled an Early Day Motion deploring the existence of the list.<br \/>\n<span>ICO news release [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ico.gov.uk\/upload\/documents\/pressreleases\/2009\/tca_release_060309.pdf\">pdf<\/a>] \u2022 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ico.gov.uk\/Home\/for_the_public\/topic_specific_guides\/consulting_association.aspx\">briefing on the Consulting Association<\/a> and related ICO enforcement notice [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ico.gov.uk\/upload\/documents\/library\/data_protection\/notices\/tca_enforcement_notice.pdf\">pdf<\/a>] \u2022 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnplus.co.uk\/hot-topics\/legal\/unions-and-politicians-threaten-action-over-employee-blacklist\/1994975.article\">Construction News<\/a> \u2022 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/uk\/2009\/mar\/06\/data-protection-construction-industry\">The Guardian<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/uk\/2009\/mar\/06\/ian-kerr-data-protection\">related story<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/business\/audio\/2009\/mar\/06\/secret-data-employment-construction-industry\">audio report<\/a> \u2022 <a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/1\/hi\/uk\/7927487.stm\">BBC News Online<\/a> \u2022 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.contractjournal.com\/Articles\/2009\/03\/11\/65584\/the-blacklist-what-it-means-for-contractors-alleged-to-be.html\">Contract Journal<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.contractjournal.com\/Articles\/2009\/03\/11\/65584\/the-blacklist-what-it-means-for-contractors-alleged-to-be.html\">related story<\/a> \u2022 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ft.com\/cms\/s\/0\/59bef348-0a53-11de-95ed-0000779fd2ac.html?nclick_check=1\">Financial Times<\/a> \u2022\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/business.timesonline.co.uk\/tol\/business\/industry_sectors\/construction_and_property\/article5855201.ece\">The Times<\/a> \u2022 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/uknews\/4946077\/Firms-accused-over-union-worker-blacklist.html\">The Telegraph<\/a> \u2022 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tuc.org.uk\/h_and_s\/tuc-16115-f0.cfm#tuc-16115-14\">Risks 397<\/a> \u2022 14 March 2009<\/span><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The glittering list of contractors accused of using a \u2018construction blacklist\u2019 to vet potential employees are bracing themselves for the legal and political fallout. Unions UCATT and Unite are both seeking legal advice on suing some of the 45 contractors named in the list, while Labour MP Michael Clapham has tabled an Early Day Motion &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hazards.org\/blacklistblog\/2009\/03\/14\/britain-action-threat-over-employee-blacklist\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Britain: Action threat over employee blacklist&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[5,13,12,14],"class_list":["post-65","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-britain","tag-the-consulting-association","tag-ucatt","tag-unite"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hazards.org\/blacklistblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hazards.org\/blacklistblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hazards.org\/blacklistblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hazards.org\/blacklistblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hazards.org\/blacklistblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=65"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.hazards.org\/blacklistblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":66,"href":"https:\/\/www.hazards.org\/blacklistblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65\/revisions\/66"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hazards.org\/blacklistblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hazards.org\/blacklistblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hazards.org\/blacklistblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}