The workforce
People who work here
There is no single file. There are seven, and three of them will be a surprise.
The Employment File
There is no single file. There are seven, held by different people under different assumptions, and the request treats them as one.
Health Data, Which Is Different
Special category data needs a condition on top of a lawful basis, and employment is one of the few places this arises constantly.
Equality Monitoring Done Properly
Legitimate, valuable, and routinely implemented in a way that converts it into selection data.
Performance and Disciplinary Records
The records employees most want to see, written by people who did not expect them to, and retained far past any purpose.
Email, Systems and Access Logs
Processing that happens whether or not anybody intends it, generating the largest holding about any employee and the one nobody has assessed.
Photographs, Directories and Internal Publicity
Low-stakes processing that generates complaints out of proportion to its sensitivity, because it is the part people can see.
What Managers Keep in Their Own Notes
The largest unmanaged holding in any organisation, written by people who believe it is private, and fully disclosable.