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What’s happening in Northern Irish employment law in 2024?
03 January 2024Following the political talks before the holidays, could we see the return of the Executive and Assembly in Northern Ireland in early 2024? The current political stalemate is causing an increasing divergence between the employment laws in Great Britain and Northern Ireland. That said, the post-Brexit reform agenda impacts Northern Ireland and holiday pay litigation will keep many busy following the landmark Agnew decision. Here’s our summary of what to expect in employment law in 2024.
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What’s happening in UK employment law in 2024?
03 January 2024From carer’s leave and day 1 flexible working requests to new laws requiring proactive steps to prevent workplace sexual harassment, there’s a lot of legislative change on the horizon. Here’s our summary of what to expect in employment law in 2024.
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What's happening in UK immigration law in 2024?
10 January 2024This year we expect to see a host of restrictions aimed at bringing down net migration and stamping out abuse of the immigration system, alongside a liberalisation of short-term immigration routes and the introduction of technology-based innovations. Increases in the Immigration Health Surcharge and maximum civil penalty for employing an illegal worker were anticipated for January 2024 but now will be deferred into February 2024 or later, depending on when implementing regulations are finalised by Parliament.
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The NYT v OpenAI: What about smaller publishers? - JJ Shaw comments for Media Makers Meet
10 January 2024JJ Shaw discusses the ongoing friction occurring around the use of AI, including the New York Times v OpenAI case.
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What’s happening in ROI employment law in 2024?
11 January 2024From the commencement of the right for employees to request remote and flexible working, increases in statutory sick pay and minimum wage entitlements, the lowering of the threshold for employers who will be obliged to report on their gender pay gap and an ever-increasing focus on all things AI, guidance on, and extension of, whistleblowing obligations, there is a lot of change on the horizon for employers in Ireland. Here’s our summary of what to look out for in 2024.
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What will change for VSPs under the Online Safety Act 2023?
05 February 2024The Online Safety Act 2023 (OSA) received Royal Assent in October 2023. Video sharing platforms (VSPs) have however been subject to a specific regime which has been in force since November 2020. That regime remains in place for now, but it will be replaced (in due course) by the OSA. What do these regimes require and what will happen to the video sharing regime as the OSA takes effect?
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What’s happening in UK employment law in 2024: timeline
15 February 2024With a raft of upcoming legislative changes, there’s a lot to keep on top of in 2024. We’ve produced a timeline to help keep track of what’s ahead.
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What’s happening in employment law
21 March 2024There is plenty to discuss in our regular round-up of the latest developments in employment law.
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What’s happening in immigration law - 26 March 2024
26 March 2024Our regular review will focus on the major changes to the Skilled Worker route due to come into effect from 4 April 2024.
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Q&A from What’s happening in immigration Law? - 26 March 2024
03 April 2024This Q&A covers questions raised in our webinar.
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Affinity networks and employee resource groups: what are the employment law risks?
17 April 2024If you are a large employer, the chances are that you have at least one affinity network or employee resource group. These groups are important and increasingly necessary for promoting diversity, equity and inclusion in the workplace, but they can also give rise to some risks.
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EU AI Act: What does it mean for employers?
23 April 2024Recruitment, selection, promotion, termination: these key workplace decisions are all considered automatically “high risk” under the EU AI Act. What does this mean in practice? We look at some of the burning questions employers are likely to have on the impact of this legislation.
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In-House Employment Lawyers Coffee Break: Episode 6 – Our return to office survey results and what to watch out for with the National Minimum Wage rise
25 April 2024Listen here for the latest developments and essential practical takeaways (short enough to fit into a 10-minute coffee break!). Lawyers from our IHELC team will discuss key developments in employment law with our usual pragmatism and insight, a touch of humour and a sharp focus on the in-house lawyer’s perspective.
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IP theft and breach of contract: What’s the damage?
26 April 2024A number of high-profile cases in the US involving theft and misappropriation of confidential information and trade secrets by employees within the life sciences, pharma and healthcare industries, have been making headlines recently.
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Creator Economy Series, Part 4: The inevitable Death of Gate Keepers and what it Means for the Creator Economy
15 May 2024This event has been postponed.
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What does the UK general election mean for employment law?
23 May 2024The Labour party has ambitious plans for reforming workers’ rights, so employment law will be a focus of the election campaign. As the manifestos are being finalised, here’s our summary of the key pledges and questions for employers.
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What is R&D tax relief?
24 May 2024Many businesses incur expenditure on innovative projects. If any of those projects is seeking to make an advance in the fields of science or technology, the costs of that project may be eligible for R&D tax relief.
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What type of breach?
29 May 2024Contractual breaches can come in many forms. Some are serious, giving the wronged party the right to terminate the contract. Others will be more minor, and might be easily remediable. It can be useful to think of contractual breaches as a sliding scale, with repudiatory breaches at one end, and minor, remediable breaches at the other.
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Election talking points: what are Labour’s plans for unfair dismissal?
13 June 2024The content of this page has been removed following the election results.
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Election talking points: What could a new right to disconnect look like under a Labour government?
13 June 2024The content of this page has been removed following the election results.