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Employment law reform latest – is the government stalling or steaming ahead?
24 June 2021Employment law reform could be inching its way back onto the political radar, with new announcements on “fire and re-hire” and the single enforcement body, plus hints of a summer consultation on flexible working rights. But with no Employment Bill in sight, is this a case of all talk and no action?
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Gender pay gap reporting in Ireland – what’s the latest?
24 June 2021The passing of the Gender Pay Gap Information Bill by the Dáil last month has pushed the preparations for gender pay gap reporting further up the to do list for many organisations. This article takes a look at the Bill and explains what employers need to know.
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Working from home abroad - considerations for Irish employers
22 June 2021The increase in homeworking due to the Covid-19 pandemic is causing many Irish employees to ask if they can work from “home” from an overseas country – be that on a temporary basis, or in some cases indefinitely This Inbrief explains the potential legal issues and how to avoid the traps.
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同一賃金請求:最高裁でのスーパーマーケットの訴え
22 June 2021英国の平等法であるEquality Act 2010(EqA)では、男性と女性は同一労働に対して同一賃金を受け取るべきだとしている。従業員は、同じ仕事または同価値の仕事をしている異性の比較対象者と自分を比較することができる。The UK’s law on equality, the Equality Act 2010 (EqA), states that men and women should receive equal pay for equal work. Employees can compare themselves with a comparator of the opposite sex who is performing either the same work or work of equal value.
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Wind-down of furlough scheme - infographic
17 June 2021As the UK’s lockdown further eases, more employers will return their staff from furlough. As the furlough scheme winds down, we set out key dates for employers in our timeline here.
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Flexible staffing options
16 June 2021There are other ways to staff a business apart from using permanent employees on full time contracts.
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‘Gender critical’ beliefs are protected philosophical beliefs
16 June 2021The Employment Appeal Tribunal has ruled that “gender critical” beliefs are protected philosophical beliefs for equality law purposes, while confirming that a belief in “gender identity” is also a protected characteristic. This means that it is unlawful to discriminate against someone because they do or do not hold either of those beliefs.
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Diversity leadership – why Gareth Southgate has played a blinder
16 June 2021There are instructive lessons for business leaders and diversity managers in the way the England manager has conducted himself in the run-up to and early stages of the European football championship.
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Ireland moves one step closer to introducing statutory sick pay
10 June 2021The Irish government has announced more details of its mandatory sick pay scheme. The new law will give employees in Ireland a right to sick pay for the first time from 2022.
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European Court confirms Tesco employees can make equal pay comparison based on EU law
03 June 2021The European Court of Justice has confirmed that Tesco shop workers can rely directly on European law in order to compare themselves to distribution centre workers for the purposes of an equal pay claim.
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HR headaches for the holiday season
27 May 2021In the second article of our three-part series looking at resourcing over the holiday season, we consider some of the difficult issues that employers will be facing in this area. These range from managing quarantine and staff with built-up annual leave to contemplating new policy approaches to holidays for the longer term.
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Employee competition: top tips for start-up businesses
21 May 2021In this article, we set out our key recommendations for protecting your start-up business against employee competition, from managing the risks arising when you recruit new employees to putting in place the right contracts and responding to competitive threats.
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We’re all going on a working holiday! Issues to consider when employees want to work abroad over the summer
20 May 2021In the first of our new three-part series of articles looking at resourcing over the holiday season, we consider the position of employees seeking to extend their summer holiday by working remotely from their overseas holiday destination.
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Can EU nationals continue frontier working post-Brexit? Joanna Hunt writes for HR magazine
20 May 2021As the dust from Brexit has settled, attention has turned to what this means for cross-border workers in the UK.
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No space for Employment Bill in Queen’s Speech
13 May 2021The long-awaited Employment Bill was missing from the Queen’s Speech on 11 May. This article looks at the implications for employment law reform and what employers can now expect.
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Topical issues in Irish employment law
06 May 2021This article focuses on three areas of employment law in Ireland that have seen recent significant developments: employment status and the gig economy; collective bargaining arrangements; and gender pay gap reporting.
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‘Adjusted’ gender pay gaps - an alternative approach to gender pay gap reporting?
04 May 2021Calculating an “adjusted” gender pay gap could provide useful context to an employer’s gender pay gap statistics and reveal systemic bias. But what is an adjusted gender pay gap and how is it calculated?
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コロナウイルスワクチン接種に関するQ&A
27 April 2021英国がCovid-19ワクチン接種プログラムを進めるにつれ、雇用主側は雇用法における多くの困難且つ未検討の問題に直面している。ここで紹介するQ&Aは、雇用主が従業員にワクチン接種を義務付けることができるかどうか、義務化の代替案、ワクチン接種のための休暇、およびその他の問題をカバーしている。 Employers are facing many difficult and untested employment law issues as the UK rolls out its Covid-19 vaccination programme. These FAQs cover whether an employer can make vaccination compulsory for its employees, alternatives to a mandatory requirement, time off for vaccine appointments and other issues.
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Gender pay gap reporting - what do the published statistics tell us so far?
14 April 2021Employers have until 4 October 2021 to report their gender pay gap statistics relating to 5 April 2020. With over 25% of employers having published their figures already, what do the results tell us so far?
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Recent changes in employment law in NI from April 2021
13 April 2021Set out below are various employment law changes due to come into effect from April 2021 in Northern Ireland.