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Morrisons not liable for misuse of personal data by rogue employee
01 April 2020The Supreme Court has allowed an appeal by the supermarket chain Morrisons Supermarkets plc, overturning a finding that it was vicariously liable for a rogue employee's deliberate disclosure of payroll data related to some 100,000 co-workers, of whom 10,000 brought a group claim for damages. The ruling will come as a big relief for employers up and down the country.
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Employment law review 2016/2017
05 January 2017An overview of the significant changes to employment law that took effect last year and a look ahead to the major reforms in store for 2017 and beyond.
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Irish Data Protection Commission annual report – review of 2019 and focus for the future
28 February 2020The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) recently published its annual report for 2019 – the first full calendar year since the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into force.
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Future of gender pay gap reporting: review or reform?
18 May 2023With a general election looming in the UK, and the Pay Transparency Directive now finalised in Europe, what might this mean for gender pay gap reporting?
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How to flexi-furlough – government reveals more details
13 June 2020The government has published updated guidance on the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, setting out the pathway to the phasing out of the scheme. It provides details of the complex mechanism under which flexible furloughing - part-work/part-furlough - will be allowed from 1 July 2020.
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Retirement and age discrimination – recent developments in Ireland
30 April 2018According to latest statistics, claims of age discrimination made up 14% of cases raised by members of the public to the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (“IHREC”) under Irish employment legislation. Compulsory and contractual retirement ages in particular have become an increasing area of litigation in Ireland in recent times.
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Ask About … Retail Fashion & Hospitality
19 July 2017Many of our clients in the retail, fashion and hospitality sector face similar HR issues. Each month one of the members of our team will identify an issue, ask how you would deal with it and provide our advice. This month we asked Poppy and Naomi...
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Ask About … Retail, Fashion & Hospitality
11 October 2017Many of our clients in the retail, fashion and hospitality sector face similar HR issues. Each month one of the members of our team will identify an issue, ask how you would deal with it and provide our advice. This month we asked Lucy...
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Ask About...Retail, Fashion and Hospitality
01 May 2018Many of our clients in the retail, fashion and hospitality sector face similar HR issues. Each month one of the members of our team will identify an issue, ask how you would deal with it and provide our advice. This month we asked Emma...
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Gender pay gap reporting - analysing the 2020 results
13 October 2021Employers had until 5 October 2021 to publish their gender pay gap statistics relating to April 2020. What have we learned from the results?
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Gender pay gap reporting 2021: our analysis of the latest results
07 April 2022Employers had until 4 April 2022 to publish their gender pay gap statistics relating to 5 April 2021. Now that the results are in, we’ve taken a look at what they reveal.
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Gender pay gap reporting 2022 – our analysis of the latest results
17 April 2023What do the latest set of gender pay gap reporting figures tell us? Employers had until 4 April 2023 to report their statistics for 2022. We’ve analysed the data to discover the trends.
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Gender pay gap reporting 2023 – our analysis of the latest results
11 April 2024Employers had until 4 April 2024 to report their gender pay gap statistics for 2023. Although some employers are likely to file late, we’ve analysed the current data to identify the trends.
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Employee ordered to pay over £500,000 in legal costs in a dispute involving breach of restrictive covenants and data privacy
24 May 2019Following a trial in the High Court where an employer was successfully awarded final injunctions to prohibit a former employee from breaching post-termination restrictions (“PTRs”), the losing employee was ordered to pay 90% of his former employer’s legal bill.
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Resourcing for 2021: Immediate options for employers
25 February 2021As we move away from crisis management towards adapting to economic uncertainty and the “new normal”, identifying the best approach to resourcing staff is a business-critical issue. This is the first of a three-part series exploring the resourcing challenges, opportunities and trends we expect to see in 2021.
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Ethnicity pay gap reporting – will the government now act?
11 June 2020The tragic and brutal killing of George Floyd has led to widespread outrage and Black Lives Matter protests across the globe. Governments are facing pressure to remove societal injustice faced by BAME (black, Asian and minority ethnic) people. Could this mean we will finally get clarity in the UK on ethnicity pay reporting?
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‘Adjusted’ gender pay gaps - an alternative approach to gender pay gap reporting?
04 May 2021Calculating an “adjusted” gender pay gap could provide useful context to an employer’s gender pay gap statistics and reveal systemic bias. But what is an adjusted gender pay gap and how is it calculated?
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Gender pay gap reporting in Ireland – regulations finally published
06 June 2022The government published the gender pay gap reporting regulations setting out the detail of the reporting obligations under the Gender Pay Gap Information Act 2021 on 3 June 2022.
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EU Commission publishes final report into e-commerce
25 May 2017We reported last year on the European Commission’s preliminary report into the e-commerce sector. The Commission has now released its final report, which will be of particular interest to any businesses involved in online retail or digital content.
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Budget discussion report deemed an abuse of the cost budgeting process
09 June 2017A Defendant’s budget discussion report (Precedent R) was disregarded by the court due to the “lack of reality” of the offered costs.