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Unions have no veto over changes to terms, Supreme Court confirms
28 October 2021In a landmark decision, the Supreme Court has confirmed that trade unions do not enjoy a veto over employers making direct offers to their members to change their terms and conditions of employment.
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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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Adoption and employment law
14 October 2021Our article rounds up the key employment law rights applicable to adoptive parents ahead of National Adoption Week, which takes place next week from 18-23 October.
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Barking mad? Why pets-at-work policies can stem the workforce exodus - Sophie Jamieson and Vince Toman comment for International Employment Lawyer
14 October 2021The Great Resignation is not a complicated phenomenon to understand. After more than 18 months of lockdowns and remote working, millennial and Gen-Z employees, in particular, have realised that financial incentives alone are not enough to keep them in jobs they do not enjoy, working for employers they do not like or whose values they do not share.
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Gender pay gap reporting - analysing the 2020 results
13 October 2021Employers had until 5 October 2021 to publish their gender pay gap statistics relating to April 2020. What have we learned from the results?
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Ireland: How to manage: Companies must address the need for a menopause workplace policy - Linda Hynes writes for the Business Post
11 October 2021What are the implications if companies fail to address the issue of menopause?
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Employment law and the current recruitment crisis
07 October 2021As resourcing becomes more challenging, we explore the employment law and immigration considerations arising from the current recruitment crisis.
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Football referees employees not self-employed, says Court of Appeal
07 October 2021The Court of Appeal has allowed HM Revenue & Customs’ appeal against a decision that there was insufficient mutuality of obligation and control for football referees to be treated as employees for tax purposes.
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Carers to have the right to one week of unpaid leave
30 September 2021The government has confirmed that carers will have a new right to one week of unpaid leave each year to carry out caring responsibilities. Any employees hoping to exercise the right soon will, however, be disappointed that legislation will only be introduced when “parliamentary time allows”.
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Tips to be paid to staff in full under latest plans for legislation
29 September 2021The government has announced plans to overhaul tipping practices so that all tips are paid to staff without deductions.
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International approaches to Covid-19 retention and wage subsidy schemes 2021
29 September 2021Last year in the wake of the covid-19 pandemic Governments across the world introduced arrangements equivalent to the UK’s furlough scheme, aiming to support businesses in retaining employees by subsidising all or some of their salary. We have conducted a follow up survey which reveals significant differences between the remaining schemes still offered, with some schemes already terminated, a variation in subsidised amounts and replacement schemes being introduced.
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Remuneration regime: consultation on material risk takers
29 September 2021The Prudential Regulation Authority is consulting on changes to the identification of material risk takers for banks, building societies and PRA-designated investment firms
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Climate emergency, work and employment law
29 September 2021This article explores how the climate emergency may shape future employment law and practice and looks at some early developments and trends.
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Government consults on flexible working rights
23 September 2021The government has released its long-awaited proposals for strengthening flexible working rights, but they do not amount to radical reform.
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IR35 compliance checks: are your ducks in a row?
23 September 2021Nearly six months on from the introduction of a new IR35 regime in the private sector, HMRC has started IR35 compliance checks in both the financial services and the oil and gas sectors.
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Employers adopt value-driven employment policies in the wake of the pandemic
22 September 2021We carried out a survey of in-house employment lawyers to explore the employment policy landscape in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. This article sums up our key findings.
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Ethnicity pay gap reporting: Government’s debate response will frustrate employers
22 September 2021A petition on ethnicity pay gap reporting registered over 130,000 signatures last year, requiring that the issue be debated in Parliament. Over one year later, the debate has finally happened.
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Protecting your business where employees are in short supply
21 September 2021This article summarises some steps you can take to protect your business as recruitment and retention become more challenging.
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Health and Social Care Levy: increase in employment costs
09 September 2021As widely anticipated, the government has announced the introduction of a levy to help pay for the NHS backlog caused by the Covid-19 pandemic and the crisis in social care.
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Unlawful offers to bypass collective bargaining – narrow scope confirmed
09 September 2021If an employer tells employees who are members of a recognised trade union that it will unilaterally impose new terms, it is not making an “offer” amounting to an unlawful inducement to bypass collective bargaining, the Employment Appeal Tribunal has confirmed. The members’ redress is limited to their rights under contract law, such as to work only “under protest” and sue for breach of contract.