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European Works Councils: abolition of the UK’s legal framework?
22 May 2024As part of its efforts to reduce regulatory burdens on businesses, the government has initiated a consultation on its plan to remove the legal framework for maintaining legacy European Works Councils in the UK. We explore why the repeal of “ill thought through legislation” is likely to be welcomed.
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Staffing decisions when reopening workplaces in Ireland - a flowchart
29 May 2020We have produced a useful flowchart which will help employers to decide which employees can return to work as part of the Covid-19 road to recovery.
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Age discrimination alive and well in Irish workplaces: Síobhra Rush comments for The Irish Times
16 April 2021Age discrimination is alive and kicking in Irish workplaces. It’s illegal under the Employment Equality Acts (1998-2015) but those working in the area say little has changed in relation to workplace age discrimination in Ireland in the past 20 years.
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Return to the workplace: Covid secure workplaces
23 August 2021In this video Charlotte Morgan discusses what advertising agencies and other organisations should keep in mind during their re-opening plans.
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Government wants remote working to become ‘permanent fixture’ as workplaces prepare to reopen: Síobhra Rush comments for The Irish Times
20 September 2021The Government wants to see remote working become a permanent fixture of Irish working life, Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment Leo Varadkar has said.
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Ireland: cautious approach to reopening workplaces continues
20 October 2021The Irish government has advised against a large-scale return to the workplace but rather is continuing with its encouragement of a “phased and cautious” return for specific business requirements.
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Staffing decisions when reopening workplaces - flowchart
25 February 2022We have updated our flowchart to help employers decide which employees should attend their workplace.
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Lewis Silkin ranked sixth in Newsweek’s list of the UK’s Top 100 Most Loved Workplaces
03 November 2022Lewis Silkin has performed superbly in a comprehensive ranking of organisations that employees love working for. Newsweek surveyed more than 450,000 employees at organisations ranging in size from 50 employees to over 5,000, to find out how connected and satisfied they are with their place of work.
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How can employers make their workplaces appeal to older workers?
02 February 2023With older workers leaving the workforce in worrying numbers, this article considers what an “over 50s friendly” workplace might look like.
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Toxic workplaces hit the headlines: a warning to employers to take steps to prevent and tackle workplace misconduct
27 April 2023Organisational culture continues to experience considerable scrutiny following the findings of bullying by Dominic Raab and the recent allegations of misconduct and sexual harassment at the CBI. Although Raab was critical of where the Tolley Report set the bar in making these adverse findings, his response is at odds with evolving standards of workplace behaviour. What are these standards, and what can employers do to avoid a toxic culture?
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Lewis Silkin ranked fourth in Newsweek’s list of the UK’s Top 100 Most Loved Workplaces
05 October 2023Lewis Silkin has come fourth in a comprehensive ranking of organisations that employees love working for.
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Paul Gillen comments on why workplaces must be neurodivergence-aware for the Belfast Telegraph
05 December 2023While major employers are now actively recruiting people with neurodivergent backgrounds, the number of industrial tribunal cases involving neurodiverse employees has quadrupled in the last four years. Paul Gillen comments for the Belfast Telegraph.
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Workplace Data Privacy
Our employment team contains a specialist group of employment lawyers who have expertise in handling the full range of workplace data privacy questions, from advising on: cross border data flows; monitoring; background checks and vetting; DSARs, ICO complaints; and the introduction of new technologies in the workplace.
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Workplace rights : General strikes
03 January 2013Michael Burd and James Davies discuss anti-austerity unrest and explain where the law stands on general strikes in an article for Management Today.
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Policies on porn: how to tackle internet misuse in the workplace
16 October 2013In a Reuters article, Russell Brimelow discusses large financial institutions' policies towards employees accessing, or attempting to access, pornography whilst at work.
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Muslim Staff Policy: How Religious Freedom Fits in the Workplace
23 December 2013Commenting in an International Business Times article, James Davies discusses flaws in the definition of indirect discrimination after cases where a major retailer faced public fury when it was revealed the company allowed shop assistants the right to refuse to sell alcohol and pork products and a Christian worker at British Airways was asked to cover up a necklace which depicted a cross.
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Workplace Rights: Covert recording by employees
28 January 2015Michael Burd and James Davies have written an article for Management Today.
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Religion, holidays and days off in the global workplace
08 April 2015Tom Heys has contributed to an article for Corporate Counsel which looks at religion, holidays and days off in the global workplace.
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Lewis Silkin LLP and myGwork team up for a diverse and inclusive workplace
26 February 2016Geraint Lloyd-Taylor and Alan Hunt have been talking with myGwork, the global recruitment hub for LGBT professionals, about Lewis Silkin’s commitment to diversity & inclusion through our various memberships, activities and initiatives
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Mental Health Issues in the Workplace
17 May 2016The session will focus particularly on stress at work and how that can be managed, and we will use a filmed case study to illustrate common issues and pitfalls when dealing with a stressed employee.