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Colin Leckey comments for HR Grapevine: Will Brexit have an impact on UK women's employment rights?
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30 July 2018In an article for HR Grapevine, Colin Leckey comments on the Equality and Human Rights Commission stating that women in the UK risk losing equality protections, including employment rights, as a result of Brexit.
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Colin Leckey writes for HR Magazine: Who’ll take the global edge in the gig economy?
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16 July 2018In an article for HR Magazine, Colin Leckey discusses the potential competitive advantage countries have attracting and retaining companies in the gig economy, if they strike the right balance between flexibility and security.
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Karen Baxter comments for The Law Society Gazette: Five tips for parental leave
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10 July 2018In an article for The Law Society Gazette, Karen Baxter discusses parental leave and urges fathers to take paternity leave too.
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Richard Moore writes for Law360: UK Employment Law Risks In Cross-Border M&A
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11 June 2018In an article for Law360, Richard Moore discusses the employment law considerations U.S. companies need to think about when acquiring U.K. based companies or assets, due to a number of differing fundamental employment principles.
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Karen Baxter writes for Accountancy Age: Sexual harassment – is accountancy next for #MeToo?
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24 May 2018Sexual harassment is big news at the moment as numerous big Hollywood names have opened the floodgates and encouraged individuals to come forward. Karen Baxter asks, is accountancy next for #MeToo?
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Jonathan Carr comments for The Mirror: Ramadan: Fasting and praying at work during the holy months - your rights explained
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23 May 2018In an article for The Mirror Online, Jonathan Carr discusses the rights for those fasting and praying at work during Ramadan.
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Alex Milner-Smith and Sean Dempsey write for techUK: Be prepared: the scramble to meet the GDPR deadline
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22 May 2018In an article for techUK, Alex Milner-Smith and Sean Dempsey discuss the fast approaching GDPR law coming into effect and that companies are scrambling to meet the deadline in time.
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Richard Miskella and Emma Richardson are speaking at this year's Luxury Law Summit on 15th May, in London
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14 May 2018At this year's Luxury Law Summit, Richard Miskella and Emma Richardson will be discussing the subject of workplace sexual harassment and gender inequality across senior levels.
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Michael Burd writes for The Law Society: Gender pay gap reporting
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09 May 2018In an article for The Law Society, Michael Burd reflects on the gender pay gap reporting results, in relation to the legal sector.
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Joanna Hunt writes for City A.M.: Businesses should demand the home office reform policies that create a burden and ‘hostile environment’ for employers
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09 May 2018In an article for City A.M. Joanna Hunt discusses the UK's immigration system creating a "hostile environment" resulting in a burden on employers having to check all employees right to work in the UK, or face harsh penalties.
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Colin Leckey comments for economia: Mind the gender pay gap
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08 May 2018In an article for economia, Colin Leckey comments on gender pay gap reporting and why there are pay disparities, even for people doing similar jobs.
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Andrew Osborne comments for the International Bar Association: Supporting the workforce through Brexit
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02 May 2018In an article for the International Bar Association, Andrew Osborne discusses the negative impact Brexit will have on retaining and recruiting staff from the EU.
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Michael Burd writes for Lexology: Failure to pay father full pay for shared parental leave is not sex discrimination
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02 May 2018In an article for Lexology, Michael Burd discusses the Employment Appeal Tribunal's (EAT) decision that it is not sex discrimination to fail to pay a father his full salary during shared parental leave, in circumstances where a mother taking maternity leave during the same period would have received full pay.
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Alison Clements writes for People Management: Legal TUPE and cross-border transfers explained
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20 April 2018In light of recent Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) ruling, Alison Clements discusses how TUPE applies in an offshoring situation, in an article for People Management.
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Joanna Hunt writes for HR Zone: How is the gender pay gap impacting the migrant female workforce?
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20 April 2018In an article for HR Zone, Joanna Hunt discusses what the results of gender pay gap reporting mean for employers and workers of both genders, and more importantly what we can do about it.
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Alex Milner-Smith comments for Asian Legal Business: Dealing With the Data
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11 April 2018In an article for Asian Legal Business Alex Milner-Smith discusses GDPR and how Asian companies are not ready for the approaching deadline.
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Michael Burd comments for New Law Journal: Mind the pay gap
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09 April 2018In an article for New Law Journal, Michael Burd discusses gender pay gap reporting, stating it would ‘undoubtedly be a driver for change’ but did ‘not tell the whole story.'
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Michael Burd comments for LexisNexis: Gender pay gap reporting – a ‘seminal moment’ and a ‘driver for change’
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06 April 2018Michael describes gender pay gap reporting as a ‘seminal moment’ but warn that action against companies who fail to report by the deadline, may be ‘little beyond naming and shaming’.
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Lucy Lewis writes for Employee Benefits: Is shared parental leave as effective as it could be?
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04 April 2018In an article for Employee Benefits, Lucy Lewis discusses shared parental leave and how gender pay gap reporting could improve employer's commitment to re-balance family life.
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Michael Burd comments for Legal Week: 'It contains things I have never seen in 30 years' - employment partners question Allen & Overy's Weinstein NDA
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29 March 2018Michael Burd discusses the details of the non-disclosure agreement (NDA) drawn up by Allen & Overy (A&O) for the settlement between disgraced movie producer Harvey Weinstein and his former assistant, in an article for Legal Week.