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Manchester United employees 'sue the club for up to £100,000' over major HR breach in which confidential data was 'accidentally leaked in an email to casual staff'

A group of Manchester United employees are suing the club for up to £100,000 over a major HR blunder.

According to The Sun, 167 casual workers employed by the Premier League giants were accidentally sent emails containing confidential details of some permanent employees.

The data included their wage slips, names, addresses, National Insurance numbers along with their pension benefits and tax contributions.

It is understood the sensitive information was contained in a single file received by casual staff employed by United across their stadium tour, catering and hospitality departments.

The incident happened six years ago and was reported to the Information Commissioner’s Office.