Can anyone help me with this one? An employee went off on maternity leave, and a dispute is now ensuing about her maternity pay. We have asked her to provide copies of the birth certificates of the children in order to calculate her maternity pay and to organise child-care vouchers (which we give out as a free, but taxable benefit). The employee is refusing claiming it contravenes DP Principle 3 ie. that is not relevant and is excessive; we think this is because she also been claiming other benefits which she may not have been entitled to (but we don't know for sure). Any advice, chaps and chapesses? This message is for the use of the intended recipient(s) only. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender and delete it.The British Council accepts no liability for loss or damage caused by software viruses and you are advised to carry out a virus check on any attachments contained in this message. Our purpose is to build mutually beneficial relationships between people in the UK and other countries and to increase appreciation of the UK's creative ideas and achievements. The British Council is registered in England as a charity. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ All archives of messages are stored permanently and are available to the world wide web community at large at http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/data-protection.html If you wish to leave this list please send the command leave data-protection to [log in to unmask] All user commands can be found at : - http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/help/commandref.htm Any queries about sending or receiving message please send to the list owner [log in to unmask] (all commands go to [log in to unmask] not the list please) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^