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Siobhra Rush has commented in the Independent.ie on the results of Ryanair’s latest gender pay gap report
23 February 2022The report, submitted during the pandemic, shows the gap in average hourly pay between men and women is 67.8pc despite an increase in female pilots. Siobhra has said the legislation is still valuable, promotes transparency, and “requires employers to reflect on why they have a pay gap and diversity issues”…
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Employment law in Singapore – an overview
01 December 2020Singapore’s rapid economic development since it gained independence in 1965 is well documented. This economic success, combined with the country’s lightly regulated business environment, has long made it a natural “hub” for many multinational employers. This in-brief provides an overview of some of the key aspects of employment law in Singapore.
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Gender pay gap reporting and Simpson’s Paradox
05 May 2016The draft gender pay gap reporting regulations were published early this year.
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NDAs made simple - latest requirements and best practice
04 December 2019The Solicitors Regulatory Authority has reissued its warning notice on non-disclosure agreements (“NDAs”), shortly after publication of new guidance by the Equality and Human Rights Commission. We’ve created a table to clarify current legal and regulatory requirements, best practice and future proposals for using confidentiality provisions in settlement agreements and employment contracts.
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Explainability and AI: the silver bullet?
17 January 2024Lawmakers faced with rapid advances in AI are turning to the safeguards needed to protect individuals whose interests are affected by AI systems and to build trust in automated decision-making. Building trust in automated outcomes will be much more of a challenge for many years following the revelations which are emerging from the Post Office scandal. Common among these safeguards are auditing, human oversight, effective contestability, transparency and explainability. But what is most likely to be effective?
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Lewis Silkin has advised Next Fifteen Communications Group Plc’s Brandwidth Marketing on the acquisition of Cubaka Limited
08 April 2022Lewis Silkin has advised its longstanding client, Next Fifteen Communications Group plc, the digital communications and growth consultancy group, on the acquisition of Cubaka Limited, an award-winning social media agency.
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Lewis Silkin has advised IFF Research on a senior debt plus equity investment from Connection Capital LLP
28 September 2022Lewis Silkin has advised its client, IFF Research, on an investment into the UK-based public sector and Policy Research provider by Connection Capital LLP.
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“Eight drivers of change – 2022 and beyond” (By James Davies, Lewis Silkin LLP)
22 November 2022Last year James Davies published a report the Eight Drivers of Change – the future of work for the Future of Work Hub. It identified eight key drivers of change in society as a whole, and in the workplace in particular. It considered how these interconnected drivers were accelerating change at an unprecedented scale and speed and how these changes were influencing the what, where, from where, when, how, how much/many, who and why of work.
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Post-Brexit legal reform: Lewis Silkin responds to consultation on plans to reform EU-based employment law
11 July 2023The government’s consultation on plans to reform retained EU employment laws after Brexit has now closed. We’ve put in our response.
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BA’s jumbo fine significantly reduced
21 October 2020In what has so far been a torrid year for British Airways (“BA”), the ICO decision to significantly reduce the level of fine it intended to issue following their data breach in 2018 is likely to be seen by BA as a glimmer of hope.
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Company’s register of people with significant control (PSCs)
22 March 2023Most UK companies and LLPs are required to find out and record details of the individuals or legal entities that have significant beneficial ownership or control over them. The information must be recorded in the company’s register of people with significant control (PSC register) as part of its statutory books.
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Ireland - Proposed new rights to sick pay and parental leave pay in Ireland
05 October 2020The Labour Party has proposed a new Bill which, if passed, would give employees in Ireland the legal right to paid sick leave for the first time. It also proposes paid leave for employees whose children have to stay home from school due to Covid-19 measures.
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The key clauses that every representation contract should contain
03 July 2019With the transfer window now in full swing and intermediaries busy brokering deals on behalf of both players and clubs, it is an important time for intermediaries, as well as players and clubs, to ensure that the terms of their representation contracts sufficiently protect their interests.
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The right to disconnect – should employers act now?
27 July 2021As the holiday season gets underway, most of us feel the need for a break. But should people have the right to disconnect? In the final of our three-part series of articles exploring topical holiday issues, we explore the mounting pressure on government and employers to require us to switch off.
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The road to nowhere: Brexit and labour shortages
26 February 2018In an opinion piece in the Guardian by British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) Director General Adam Marshall warns of an imminent recruitment crisis.
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Shoot later ask questions first
18 October 2016Wearable cameras have been in the headlines quite a bit recently. The moment BBC presenter Jeremy Vine ‘got a kicking’ (as he put it) whilst cycling to work was captured by his helmet mounted camera.
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The Law Commissions’ final report on driverless cars proposes shifting liability away from the person in the driving seat…
31 January 2022Following a three-stage project including safety assurance and legal liability and HARPS (looking at how automated vehicles could be used to improve public transport), the Law Commission and Scottish Law Commission have published their eagerly awaited report on autonomous vehicles.
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The CJEU’s decision in Schrems II: Privacy Shield invalidated (and SCCs in jeopardy)
17 July 2020The Court of Justice of the European Union has ruled that the EU-US Privacy Shield is invalid and that, while model clauses remain a valid mechanism for cross-border data transfers, this validity is subject to an equivalent level of protection being provided in the recipient country as that afforded by EU law.
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Failing to enhance pay for shared parental leave is not sex discrimination
28 May 2019In an emphatic judgment, the Court of Appeal (“CA”) has ruled that it is not direct discrimination, indirect discrimination or breach of equal pay rights to provide enhanced pay for maternity leave and statutory pay only for shared parental leave.