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Apply now for UK work visas before minimum salary jump on 4 April
29 February 2024From 4 April 2024 many people who would qualify now, will not be able to get a Skilled Worker visa. Hefty increases to the occupation-based ‘going rate’ salary thresholds and the new general salary threshold of £38,700 will impact a vast number of would-be applicants. Employers should urgently review potential applicants to submit applications now and avoid disappointment in the near future.
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New Immigration Rules radically reform Skilled Worker route
14 March 2024This is the biggest reform of UK work routes since Brexit. The clear message from Government is that net migration must be reduced. Most changes affect Skilled Workers and come into force on 4 April 2024, however other work routes are also affected.
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EPO fee increases
15 March 2024The European Patent Office (EPO) is introducing a new schedule of official fees, which will apply to payments made from Monday 1 April 2024. The new fees represent an increase of, on average, 4%. There are, however, some notable exceptions, with the third, fourth and fifth year renewal fees increasing by 30%, 28% and 8% respectively. Subsequent renewals have not changed significantly. As such, the EPO appears to be targeting recovery of renewal fee income that has reduced in recent years, due to a reduction of the average time to reach grant.
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Rates and limits for employment law
19 March 2024Various employment-related rates and limits change every year, usually in April. Here’s our at-a-glance table of the current key figures.
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Ban on non-competes in the US
24 April 2024The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has this week voted in favour of implementing an almost complete ban on employee non-compete obligations, having threatened to do so for a number of years and having been supported by President Biden.
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Auctioning off privacy
21 June 2024A well known auction house with operations in Hong Kong was recently hit by a major cyberattack, resulting in a shutdown of its website just days before its spring auctions began. The ransomware group, RansomHub, claimed to be behind the cyberattack and threatened to release sensitive personal information of at least 500,000 clients worldwide unless a ransom was paid.