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EU Settlement Scheme statistics show there’s still a need to encourage people to apply
19 December 2019The Home Office’s most recent experimental statistics show that nearly 2.6 million applications were made under the EU Settlement Scheme (EUSS) to the end of November 2019, and more than 2.2 million have been concluded. These figures include repeat applications by the same person however.
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Employment law reform latest – is the government stalling or steaming ahead?
24 June 2021Employment law reform could be inching its way back onto the political radar, with new announcements on “fire and re-hire” and the single enforcement body, plus hints of a summer consultation on flexible working rights. But with no Employment Bill in sight, is this a case of all talk and no action?
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Sleight of Ha(mmo)nd: Autumn Statement 2016
24 November 2016I was all ready to write about how the Autumn Statement was an audacious piece of misdirection, using a flashy reduction of corporation tax (to the much-rumoured rate of 15%, or maybe lower) to detract from less welcome announcements.
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The State Funeral and bank holiday: implications for employers
13 September 2022The death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II has triggered a period of national mourning, ending with the State Funeral on 19 September 2022 which has been announced as a bank holiday. This article looks at some implications for employers during this period and on the day of the funeral.
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GDPR Season 1: Off to a Slow Start?
30 May 2019Like winter in the popular HBO series Game of Thrones, privacy professionals warned that ‘GDPR is coming’ many months, years even, before the army of supervisory authorities (SAs) and data subjects started to amass on their doorsteps. For the most part, the warning fell on deaf ears. It was only when the first snows had already started to fall, signalling the imminent arrival of winter, that GDPR preparations began in earnest – with panic soon turning into hysteria, for some.
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Lewis Silkin advises Claranet on acquisition of Star
27 November 2012Lewis Silkin has advised long-standing client Claranet on its acquisition of STH Limited and its subsidiary Star Technology Services, in a deal valued at £55 million.The acquisition creates the largest mid-market provider of integrated hosting and network services in the UK and continental Europe.
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Failure to meet the required standards for FCA authorisation
03 November 2022A recent case serves as a useful reminder to firms seeking FCA authorisation of the paramount importance of positive and timely engagement with the FCA.
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Raising the standard of living and ending low pay: passing the buck to employers?
09 October 2013Politicians want a higher standard of living for all, with proposals to end low pay and get more money in more people's pockets. To do this, a range of policy initiatives are being debated that it's hoped will help people with the cost of living and raise living standards, but which will impact employers.
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The Damp Squid Budget?
22 November 2017Yes, yes, I know the phrase is “damp squib”. Call it pedant bait if you like. And the Chancellor (like everyone else) seems to be Blue Planet crazy, so you may detect a salty theme in this Budget update. Anyway, let’s dive into the icy waters of the latest Budget and see what monsters lurk beneath.
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John Lewis ad spotlights children in care - and a potential gap in diversity initiatives?
17 November 2022This year’s John Lewis Christmas advert has highlighted the challenges faced by children in care and their foster families. This follows a recent review calling for care experience to be a protected characteristic under the Equality Act. As John Lewis commits to becoming the employer of choice for care experienced young people, this article considers if there is a gap in current diversity initiatives.
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Artificial Intelligence: The New Driving Force Behind Sports Performance and Entertainment
13 February 2019If I was to raise the topic of “artificial intelligence” in football, you’d be forgiven for thinking I was referring to Joey Barton’s decision to enrol as a philosophy student at Roehampton University back in 2013. But not so – last month it was announced that London-based non-league club, Wingate & Finchley FC, have employed football’s very first ‘AI coach’.
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No space for Employment Bill in Queen’s Speech
13 May 2021The long-awaited Employment Bill was missing from the Queen’s Speech on 11 May. This article looks at the implications for employment law reform and what employers can now expect.
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Jo Farmer speaks at the Digital Marketing Expo & Conference 2018 (DMEXCO 2018)
14 September 2018Lewis Silkin Partner, Jo Farmer, spoke at DMEXCO 2018 where 40,000 of the worlds marketers, digital publishers and platforms descended on Cologne, Germany, on the 12 and 13 September.
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Hackers, Judges and Spartacus: Containing a Data Breach with the Court’s Help
18 June 2018Fear of publicity shouldn’t put off organisations from asking the court for help when they’ve been hacked, had data stolen, and are then blackmailed. There’s a range of orders which the English courts are willing to make against anonymous hackers and which, even if those orders are ignored, can be useful when it comes to containing a confidentiality breach – including when it comes to getting stolen data removed from other hosts/publishers, both in England and abroad.
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Influencing for Impact – the Law Society report on the need for gender equality in the legal profession
25 April 20192019 marks the 100 year anniversary of women having the right to qualify as solicitors and barristers (as well as serve on juries and act as magistrates).
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Remuneration Codes – for banks, building societies and designated investment firms
19 February 2024This Inbrief provides an overview of the Remuneration Codes issued by the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) and the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) – we refer to these collectively as “the UK Regulators”.
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Health and Social Care Levy: increase in employment costs
09 September 2021As widely anticipated, the government has announced the introduction of a levy to help pay for the NHS backlog caused by the Covid-19 pandemic and the crisis in social care.
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Jonathan Carr comments for the Raconteur: I liked the people so I bought the company
18 October 2017Jonathan Carr has commented in an article for the Raconteur which discusses Google's $1.1 billion acquisition of 2,000 HTC staff.
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Parent company’s limited liability. Not quite so limited?
11 July 2019It is a basic principle of company law that the liability of a shareholder of a limited company is limited to the amount unpaid on the shares it holds in that company. Right? That’s why it’s called a limited company? This is generally true. However, in some cases, a parent company can be considered to have assumed responsibility for the negligent acts of its subsidiary.
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BA’s sky-high fine for GDPR breach
09 July 2019British Airways (BA) are potentially facing a £183m fine by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) for breaches of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) following last year’s cyber-attack. The actual amount of the fine will be determined after representations are made by BA and by other supervisory authorities.