Volume: 15 Issue: 3
(March 2018)

Keywords:
data subject rights employment employee records medical data recruitment and selection

Authors:
gavin stansfield

Organisations:
cliffe dekker hofmeyr inc

Jurisdictions:
south africa

South Africa: Processing employee data under POPIA

Once the Protection of Personal Information Act, 2013 (Act 4 of 2013) (‘POPIA’) fully enters into force, organisations across South Africa will need to assess how they handle personal information. For employers, the processing of employee data is unavoidable and will need to be considered in light of POPIA. Gavin Stansfield, Director of Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr’s employment practice, discusses the interplay between POPIA and the employment relationship.