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Michael Burd comments for LexisNexis: Workplace sexual harassment—time to ‘shake up the current ineffectiveness of the system’?
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28 March 2018Michael Burd discusses the Equality and Human Rights Commission's (EHRC) focus on ‘corrosive’ cultures leading to workplace harassment, in an article for LexisNexis.
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James Davies comments for The Times: No meltdown over snow claims
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09 March 2018James Davies comments in an article for The Times, discussing employees entitlement to pay if they are unable to get to work due to adverse weather conditions, such as the weather faced by the UK last week.
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Current gender pay gap reporting requirements unlikely to ‘empower’ women
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08 March 2018Michael Burd has commented in an article for Lexis Nexis on PwC's revelation that the UK has been slower in addressing its gender pay gap compared to other developed nations, with Iceland, Sweden and Norway remaining as the top three performing OECD countries.
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Bethan Carney contributes to an article in Legally India: Rights of Persons with Disabilities in India and Other Jurisdictions
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28 February 2018Bethan Carney contributes to an article in Legally India, with others from member firms of lus Laboris, outlining the laws in their respective countries concerning disabled rights.
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James Davies comments for Lexis Nexis: Opportunity fund is ‘obvious answer’ to UK employment issues
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19 February 2018James Davies has commented in an article for Lexis Nexis which discusses the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufacturers and Commerce (RSA) proposal of a £10,000 universal basic opportunity fund, subsidised by government savings, to be given to all citizens under 55.
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Karen Baxter writes for Accountancy Age: Mind the gap: what accountancy firms should be doing ahead of the new gender pay gap reporting rules
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16 February 2018With less than two months to go until the deadline for filing gender pay gap reports, thousands of employers have not yet provided their figures. Karen Baxter asks, is your firm ready?
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James Davies comments for The Guardian: Copyright, defamation, employment: how tech is disrupting every corner of the law
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10 January 2018James Davies comments in an article for The Guardian, discussing how the law needs to be at the forefront of change in an ever evolving digitised world.
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Hannah Price comments for The Times: Life after Brexit: a culture shock
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14 December 2017Hannah Price comments in an article for The Times discussing EU employment rights.
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Laura Farnsworth spoke to SLOAN! Magazine: Lewis Silkin uses innovative working practices to improve work-life balance for lawyers with children
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12 December 2017Laura Farnsworth spoke to SLOAN! Magazine about the challenges faced by those with young families working in the legal sector and what led to the firm establishing rockhopper – our fixed fee HR and employment law service for businesses which allows lawyers to work flexibly from home.
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James Davies is quoted in an article for Personnel Today: “We’re not like Uber or the other gig economy companies” – Hermes
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08 December 2017James Davies’ quotes from his talk on ‘Defining the status of employees and workers: challenges for the legislative framework’ at this week’s Westminster Employment Keynote Seminar: Employment rights and practices in the UK were picked up in this article.
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Richard Lister writes for HR Review: How employers in European jurisdictions should deal with workplace sexual harassment
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08 December 2017Richard Lister's article for HR Review explains the legal position on sexual harassment at work in five European countries and best practice for employers.
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Karen Baxter comments for The Guardian: Why do men watch porn at work? You asked Google – here’s the answer
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06 December 2017Karen Baxter comments in an article for The Guardian discussing why men are watching and sharing pornographic content at work.
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Karen Baxter writes for The Law Society Gazette: Employment: Is the gig finally up for Uber?
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05 December 2017Karen Baxter discusses the rough ride Uber have had this year. Amid the non-renewal of its London licence, data hacks and numerous other controversies, the ride-hailing business has also been doing battle in the UK employment tribunals.
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Michael Burd comments for Governance & Compliance: Weinstein and the end of wilful ignorance
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13 November 2017Michael Burd, has commented in an article for Governance & Compliance which discusses the need for Boards within companies to take immediate action to deal with cases of harassment.
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Adding context to recruitment
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25 October 2017In an article for The Times, Chief People Officer Penny Newman outlines the benefits of using the Contextual Recruitment System (CRS), a tool that recruiters use to take account of applicants different backgrounds.
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Context crucial to interpreting HR data correctly
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25 October 2017Lewis Silkin's Chief People Officer, Penny Newman shares her thoughts in an article for HRmagazine exploring the importance of analysing people data intelligently and ensuring that context is always taken into account.
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Jonathan Carr comments for the Raconteur: I liked the people so I bought the company
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18 October 2017Jonathan Carr has commented in an article for the Raconteur which discusses Google's $1.1 billion acquisition of 2,000 HTC staff.
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James Davies writes for LexisNexis Australia - Robotics, artificial intelligence and work: hope for the best but prepare for the worst
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29 September 2017Divisional managing partner, James Davies has written an article for LexisNexis Australia which discusses the impact of robotics and artificial intelligence on the workplace.
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Lucy Lewis writes an article for The Law Society Gazette on ‘Cardiff: Our launch pad for expansion’
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27 September 2017The legal market in Cardiff is thriving, and so is Lewis Silkin’s Cardiff office.
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Laura Farnsworth writes for WeAreTheCity: Challenges and priorities of maternity leave
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05 September 2017Employment Partner, Laura Farnsworth has written an article for WeAreTheCity which discusses the challenges and priorities for female lawyers returning back to work from maternity leave.