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When employment and immigration law collide: navigating the crossover
Podcast
21 November 2024How can you reconcile immigration rules with the obligation not to discriminate on the grounds of race? Join Abi Frederick and Naomi Hanrahan-Soar as they explore the tricky issue of the relationship between immigration and employment law.
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Bolt drivers are workers, says Employment Tribunal
21 November 2024An Employment Tribunal has found that Bolt drivers are ‘workers’ entitled to paid holidays and minimum wage.
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In-House Employment Lawyers Coffee Break: Episode 12 – The Employment Rights Bill – Restructurings and Trade Union reform
Podcast
21 November 2024Listen here for the latest developments and essential practical takeaways (short enough to fit into a 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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Employment Rights Bill unpacked: just getting started for family rights?
21 November 2024The Employment Rights Bill introduced some changes to family rights, including a new right to bereavement leave and plans to strengthen protections for pregnant women and new parents returning to work. But is the government just getting started?
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How risky is your festive party?
21 November 2024This is the first year when the new duty to prevent sexual harassment will be in force over the festive season. As employers make plans to celebrate with their workforces, how do sexual harassment risk assessments apply to workplace parties?
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The pay gap reporting challenge: can Labour’s proposals work? Tom Heys comments for Raconteur
20 November 2024The Labour government has announced that they intend to make it compulsory for all larger companies to publish information on their ethnicity and disability pay gaps.
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Navigating the job market with AI: tools, benefits and challenges
15 November 2024AI is revolutionising the recruitment lifecycle, enhancing how organisations attract, assess, and select candidates. It is also being used beyond recruitment to support workplace decisions after recruitment. We review how it’s being used, the future direction of AI-driven employment decisions and the consequential challenges for employers.
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Employment Rights Bill unpacked: will TUPE be transformed?
14 November 2024Labour promised to strengthen the rights and protections for workers transferred under TUPE. Has the Bill taken any meaningful strides at delivering on this?
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Pay Attention: A Finnish Line on Pay Transparency
Podcast
14 November 2024In this episode of Pay Attention, we cross the “Finnish line” on pay transparency with Nana Karanen, a leading expert on Finland’s employment landscape. Together, we unpack how the EU’s Pay Transparency Directive could fit into Finland’s existing framework and what lessons the UK might draw from their equitable approach. From cultural attitudes to policy insights, this episode sheds light on how Finland is setting the pace on pay transparency.
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No requirement for “general workforce consultation” in small-scale redundancies
12 November 2024In a helpful decision for employers, the Court of Appeal has confirmed that employers do not have to carry out “general workforce consultation” for individual redundancy dismissals to be fair.
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Employment Rights Bill unpacked: tougher stance on workplace harassment
11 November 2024The Employment Rights Bill makes employers liable if staff are harassed by third parties, requires employers to take all reasonable steps to prevent sexual harassment, and strengthens whistleblowing protection on this topic. We explain what these changes mean in practice and why they call for even greater efforts to protect staff from workplace harassment.
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Lewis Silkin ranked in top three firms for employment law in The Times Best Law Firms 2025
Press
07 November 2024Lewis Silkin has been ranked in The Times’ top three firms for employment law in England and Wales. These firms were identified according to the number of recommendations received from over 3,900 solicitors and barristers.
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Employment Rights Bill unpacked: shifting the power for shift workers
07 November 2024The Employment Rights Bill aims to increase stability and predictability for shift workers by introducing a right to reasonable notice of shifts and a payment for cancelled or changed shifts.
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Employment Rights Bill unpacked: will flexible working really be the “default”?
07 November 2024Labour pledged to make the workplace fairer and more family-friendly by making flexible working the default. We explore whether this has been achieved by the Employment Rights Bill.
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Beyond Borders – Episode 1: What you need to know about Irish employment law
Podcast
06 November 2024Welcome to the first episode of our new podcast helping you manage your international workforce and navigate the quirks of international employment law.
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Employment Rights Bill unpacked: 'fire and rehire'
06 November 2024The Labour government’s new Employment Rights Bill, introduced in October 2024, seeks to severely restrict the controversial practice of ‘fire and rehire’. But what will this mean for employers in practice? We consider the issues in this article.
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Equality at work
Inbrief
05 November 2024Discrimination in the workplace is governed by the Equality Act 2010.This brings together into one place all of the equality laws that had developed over a number of years, including those based on EU law. It also covers discrimination in other areas such as the provision of goods, facilities and services. This lnbrief gives an overview of the law in an employment context.
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Winners and losers among internationally mobile employees
31 October 2024The Chancellor has announced changes to the income tax reliefs available to employees who carry out some or all of their duties overseas. While those changes will simplify the rules, employers and employees will need to consider the implications of the changes carefully as there will be winners and losers.
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End clients to take responsibility for umbrella company tax compliance
31 October 2024Umbrella companies won't have you covered from April 2026 - at least as regards employment taxes. The Chancellor has plans for a crackdown on non-compliance in umbrella companies which would make end clients and agencies responsible for PAYE and NICs compliance.
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Right to disconnect plan may erode firms' long-hour culture - James Davies comments for Law360
Press
31 October 2024James Davies comments on the right to disconnect and the potential impacts on firms' cultures.