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Employees could be caught by aggressive recruitment tactics: Roberta Pasemko and David Samuels comment for Executive Grapevine
20 July 2020While some businesses have announced mass redundancies and furloughed high numbers of staff, other employers have started to use this uncertain period as a time to pounce on top talent.
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Cash ‘gifts’ and strong-arm tactics: music’s problem with NFTs: Cliff Fluet comments for The Guardian
07 April 2021Blockchain technology makes non-fungible tokens unique, but uncertainty surrounds how the rights and ownership of songwriters, producers and session musicians apply in sales.
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Tackling the gender pay gap - the European perspective
09 November 2018Whilst no one can have failed to notice the focus on gender pay gap reporting in the UK in the past year or so, in this discussion forum we will look more widely at how issues of gender pay are being tackled across Europe.
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Lewis Silkin and Full Fact present: Tackling misinformation in an open society
07 July 2022Did you hear about the drinks firm that spent years explaining that it doesn’t sponsor blood sports? Or the bank whose share price was hit by online rumours?
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All hands on deck as creative industries and search engines tackle online piracy (Brands & IP Newsnotes - issue 5)
23 June 2017The UK Government, through the UKIPO, Ofcom and DMCS, has helped broker an agreement between Google, Bing, the BPI and Motion Picture Association over a new voluntary code of practice.
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Hong Kong government tables bill to abolish Mandatory Provident Fund offsetting mechanism to the Legislative Council
07 March 2022There is finally visibility on how the government proposes to sunset the controversial Mandatory Provident Fund (“MPF”) offsetting mechanism as the long-awaited Employment and Retirement Schemes Legislation (Offsetting Arrangement) (Amendment) Bill (“Bill”) was tabled to the Legislative Council on 23 February 2022. The government hopes that the law will be finalised within the current government office term and expects the mechanism to be abolished by 2025. This article provides a summary of the key changes and some key takeaways for employers.
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Beyond borders: Comparative Table of employment law in Great Britain, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland
13 June 2024Do you need to stay up-to-date with employment law developments across Great Britain, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland? If so, our updated Comparative Table will be a handy reference guide.
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Don’t blink: The Immigration Rules are changing again
17 March 2017The Home Office published the latest Statement of Changes in the Immigration Rules yesterday, 16 March 2017. The changes take effect on 6 April 2017. We summarise here the changes that will affect you most.
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Size doesn’t matter (so says the ICO about recipients of big fines for data breaches)
03 July 2017If you thought that you’re too small a business to have to bother about data protection, then think again.
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It’s not just about Getting(G) Data(D) Protection(P) Ready(R): some digital businesses and infrastructure providers shouldn’t forget to be ‘NIS’
11 July 2017May 2018 is a month which will already be highlighted in the calendars of those responsible for their organisations’ compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). It’s now under a year away. But for some digital businesses and infrastructure providers, when it comes to security risk management and reporting obligations, the GDPR isn’t the whole story.
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A Deed of Retirement doesn’t always protect a retiring partner
09 June 2020It’s not unreasonable to think that if a partner retires from a limited liability partnership (“LLP”) under the terms of a Deed of Retirement which contains a waiver and release clause, that partner will not be subjected to claims for any liabilities to the LLP.
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Posting employees to the EU, EEA or Switzerland? Don’t forget the social security position
15 February 2021In a welcome move last week, the EU notified the UK that all EU countries will apply the “detached workers” exception to UK employees who are temporarily seconded to work in the EU. Similarly the UK will apply the detached workers exception for EU employees who are temporarily seconded to work in the UK. This article reviews the latest position.
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HSE Cyber Attack – the fallout hasn’t even started!
21 May 2021On 14 May the Health Service Executive (HSE), Ireland’s equivalent of the NHS, suffered what has been described as a catastrophic, “ransomware”, cyber-attack. Ransomware is a type of malicious software or malware used by cyber criminals to encrypt the target’s data. The cyber-crime gang “Wizard Spider”, based in Eastern Europe, is believed to be behind the attack.
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Ireland Begins Gradual Return to Office with Revised Restrictions: Síobhra Rush comments for SHRM
05 November 2021As Ireland loosens its pandemic restrictions, employers are adjusting to a partial return to the office and some changes in health and safety guidance.
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The gender pay gap and the right to switch off: Síobhra Rush speaks to RTE Radio 1
12 January 2022Siobhra Rush discusses the legal challenges faced by employers as a result of the gender pay gap and the right to switch off from work.
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Return to the offices in Ireland: Síobhra Rush comments on the issues arising for employers as they encourage staff back to the office
28 January 2022As employers in Ireland have once again been given the green light to bring their staff back to the office, Síobhra Rush comments on how businesses should approach bringing employees back to the office.
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Employers need to reevaluate package to attract and retain staff - Síobhra Rush comments for RTÉ
24 August 2022Síobhra Rush has shed some light for RTÉ Ireland on what employers need to do in order to attract and retain their staff.
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Síobhra Rush comments for the Independent on issues surrounding the June deadline for large firms’ gender pay gap data snapshot
01 June 2023Síobhra Rush of Lewis Silkin explores the issues surrounding the June deadline. Síobhra explains that small firms should consider reporting this year, and that clarity is also needed around pay calculations for part-time workers, contractors, statutory leave and employer pension contributions.
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Equal Pay for all – Síobhra Rush comments for InBusiness magazine
31 October 2023Síobhra Rush comments on the EU’s new Pay Transparency Directive and why now’s the time for employers to get their ducks in a row.