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Sponsor compliance round up: genuine employment is the hot topic
01 May 2024Sponsors need to be aware of the latest raft of changes to Home Office guidance on sponsor compliance, which focuses heavily on genuine employment for sponsored workers.
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The ICO fines again – a round-up of direct marketing fines issued by the ICO in 2024
30 May 2024The Information Commissioner’s Office (“ICO”) is responsible for enforcing the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations 2003 (“PECR”), which set out the rules for organisations wishing to engage in direct marketing calls, texts or emails. Since April 2023, the ICO has issued more than £2,590,000 in fines against companies responsible for nuisance calls, texts and emails. This serves as a crucial reminder to organisations about the financial consequences they may face following electronic marketing violations. Below is a round-up of fines issued by the ICO in 2024.
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Irish Data Protection Commission’s Facebook decision – more unwanted scrutiny from its critics?
29 October 2021In an Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) draft decision, which has been published by Max Schrems’ on his None of your Business website, the DPC has proposed to fine Facebook up to €36 million over the social media giant’s lack of transparency and clarity in informing their users about the legal basis used to process their data. It found that “the lack of transparency goes to the heart of data subject rights and risks undermining their effectiveness by not providing transparent information”.
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Artwork at Arbor: Untitled by Beverley Bennett
Beverley is an artist whose work revolves around the possibilities of drawing, performance and collaborative experiments with sound.
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Furlough scheme extended until end of March
05 November 2020The government’s Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (aka the furlough scheme) has been extended until the end of March 2021. Although this is welcome and will allow for more effective business planning, the new five-month extension may mean some employees will spend an entire year on furlough.
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Self-employed financial support extended until April 2021
12 November 2020The government’s Coronavirus Self-Employment Income Support Scheme has been extended for a further six months, providing two further three-month grants after the expiry of the second grant period.
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Unsafe property causes death, but still no claim allowed
02 November 2017A man visits a friend at his flat, falls down the stairs of the building (which are unsafe) and is killed. You would expect his widow would be able to sue the owner of the building in respect of her loss wouldn’t you?
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Linda Hynes comments on The 'Great Unretirement' in RTÉ Business News
20 March 2023As fears of Covid-19 subside and worries around the rising cost-of-living take over, many older people are returning to the workforce, a movement known as the 'Great Unretirement'.
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Act now or pay later? FCA publishes important guidance on ensuring fair terms in unregulated Buy Now Pay Later credit agreements
24 February 2022In relation to unregulated “Buy Now, Pay Later” (BNPL) credit agreements, the government has consulted and intends to bring these products within the scope of regulation
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Unregistered designs: Open and shut case (Brands & IP Newsnotes - issue 4)
08 February 2017In a recent case, Action Storage (a producer of lockers, such as the ones installed in schools) sued G-Force (another producer of lockers) for infringing its design rights in producing a similar product.
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Explainability and AI: how can a decision be unpicked at an individual level?
17 January 2024To accompany our article on explainability in AI, we have put together an example illustrating how an employment related decision generated by an algorithm could be explained at an individual – or local – level.
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How can I recover unpaid debts?
03 February 2023Even without a difficult economic landscape, establishing a strategy to recover a debt can make the difference between sitting comfortably and struggling through. It’s important to be aware of the different routes to recovery – and their limitations. Use this overview to understand your options and which option is best for your circumstances.
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England unlocked: employers need clarity before government lifts Covid restrictions. Lucy Lewis comments for International Employment Lawyer
06 July 2021The UK government has announced the easing of lockdown restrictions in England from 19 July, controversially bringing an end to mandatory face masks, social distancing, and a requirement to work from home where possible.
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Ethnicity pay gap reporting: new legislation looks unlikely after report by Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities
31 March 2021Ethnicity pay gap reporting should be voluntary, according to a new report published by the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities.
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Supreme Court strikes down 'unlawful' immigration policies
18 July 2012In a landmark decision today, the Supreme Court has unanimously ruled that a significant part of the UK Border Agency’s practice and policies for corporate immigration are unlawful because they were not laid before Parliament as required by the Immigration Act 1971. Instead, they were simply set out in governmental “Guidance” documents and other documents external to the Immigration Rules, rendering them unlawful.
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Supreme Court tells UK Borders Agency that its current immigration practices are unlawful
19 July 2012The Supreme Court has ruled that a significant part of the UK Border Agency’s practice and policies for corporate immigration is unlawful. Shahram Taghavi, lead adviser and junior counsel in the case of R (Alvi) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (JCWI Intervening), comments on the judgment.
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Employment Appeal Tribunal confirms that an employer’s attempt to bypass collective bargaining was unlawful
10 January 2018A recent decision of the Employment Appeal Tribunal (“EAT”) has confirmed that offers made directly by an employer to its employees risk amounting to unlawful attempts to bypass collective bargaining contrary to s145B of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992. This was a costly exercise for the employer as they were ordered to pay penalties of more than £400,000.
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Unlawful offers to bypass collective bargaining – narrow scope confirmed
09 September 2021If an employer tells employees who are members of a recognised trade union that it will unilaterally impose new terms, it is not making an “offer” amounting to an unlawful inducement to bypass collective bargaining, the Employment Appeal Tribunal has confirmed. The members’ redress is limited to their rights under contract law, such as to work only “under protest” and sue for breach of contract.
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‘Unjust’ funding ban has stopped me retraining as a paramedic: Lewis Silkin advised on the decision to revoke student finance loans as reported by The Guardian
01 November 2022Lewis Silkin took on this case pro bono and reversed the decision of the Department for Education to revoke the students’ confirmed loans of £37,000.
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Unjust enrichment claim against receiving payment service provider relating to an ‘APP’ fraud can continue to trial
17 July 2024The High Court has rejected an application by the defendant, a receiving Payment Service Provider (PSP), for reverse summary judgment or strike out of an unjust enrichment claim made by a victim of an authorised push payment (APP) fraud.