Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 - An overhaul of landlord and tenant law in Wales

The Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 fundamentally changes housing law in Wales and was bought into force on 1st December 2022. The legislation changes how landlords in Wales will have to operate and is intended to simplify how properties are rented. The Act changes the game for almost all landlord and tenant law and took 7 years to come into force, but as of December, it is finally here.

Rebecca Davidson looks at a snapshot of the new legislative framework for landlord and tenant law in Wales. Landlords will need to quickly adapt to this new world of Welsh housing and although it has been in the making for more than 7 years, we wonder whether you are ready?

Outcome of the Government Response to the Consultation on Making Flexible Working the Default

The Government has recently published their response to the Consultation on Making Flexible Working the Default, which closed around 12 months ago.

Alice McKenna looks at the key takeaways, which are a must for HR professionals and managers to be aware of, that the Government has committed to.

ICO issues £4.4 million fine for employee data breach - what lessons can be learned?

The ICO announced that it has issued a fine of £4.4million to Interserve Group Limited, a Berkshire based construction company, for failing to keep personal information of its staff secure.

Interserve were deemed to have breached data protection law by failing to put appropriate security measures in place to prevent cyber-attack, which enabled hackers to access the personal data of up to 113,000 employees through a phishing email.

The compromised data included personal information such as contact details and bank account details, as well as special category data including details of disabilities, ethnic origin, religion, and health information.

Social Housing Regulation Bill

Social housing tenants stand to benefit from better quality housing and have their complaints dealt with quicker under the government measures to increase inspections and drive-up competency amongst staff.

The Social Housing Regulation Bill (the Bill) was introduced into Parliament earlier this year. The Bill aims to deliver the proposals set out in the Social Housing White Paper by introducing a number of measures to give tenants greater powers, improve access to swift and fair redress, and enhance the powers of the Regulator of Social Housing (the Regulator)