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New wave: family leave in the future
Podcast
31 October 2024Sarah McWhinney and Becs Peedell discuss what’s driving the focus on workplace support for new parents, why the shared parental leave system is broken and what some employers (including Lewis Silkin) are putting in place instead.
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Tribunal finds legitimate purposes for direct offers to union members
30 October 2024An Employment Tribunal decision has provided helpful guidance for employers in determining whether making direct offers to their employees would be unlawful for the purpose of bypassing collective bargaining.
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Hong Kong: Unlocking Love: Could Tinder Leave Be the Key to Happier Employees in Hong Kong?
30 October 2024Two companies in Asia, Gushcloud International and Whiteline Group, are reportedly offering their employees a new type of benefit - ‘Tinder Leave’. This article explores what Tinder Leave is and whether it may benefit employees if employers introduced it in Hong Kong.
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Employment Rights Bill unpacked: Fair Work Agency
30 October 2024The Employment Rights Bill creates a new state enforcement agency for specific employment rights, including some major new enforcement powers. What is covered, and what will these new powers mean in practice? We explain what we know so far.
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How office birthday cards became a legal minefield - James Davies comments for The Telegraph
Press
28 October 2024Greetings cards have featured in several recent tribunals, throwing a spotlight on the growing sensitivity of workplace socialising.
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Employment Rights Bill unpacked: will guaranteed hours guarantee flexibility for both parties?
24 October 2024The Employment Rights Bill addresses Labour’s commitment to ending “one sided flexibility” with a new requirement for employers to offer qualifying workers “guaranteed hours”. We look at what the Bill sets out, what’s missing and what you need to do.
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Employment Rights Bill unpacked: substantial changes to collective redundancies
24 October 2024Laws requiring employers to go through collective consultation and notify the government before making redundancies are in for a major shake-up, under the government’s plans. Our article looks at what’s changing and why it will have such a substantial impact.
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Northern Ireland ‘Good Jobs’: what did our stakeholders say and what impact will the Employment Rights Bill have?
24 October 2024The Labour government has now published its long-awaited Employment Rights Bill, which addresses many key issues raised under the recent ‘Good Jobs’ consultation in Northern Ireland. We recently reached out to stakeholders to share their views on some of these key proposals and review these results in light of changes announced in Great Britain and consider what is next For the 'Good Jobs' legislation.
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Managing retirement and mandatory retirement ages in Ireland
23 October 2024A decision handed down by the Irish Supreme Court over the summer has been widely welcomed by employers and provides much needed clarity on whether the setting of a blanket contractual mandatory retirement age can be objectively justified.
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Workplace Wellbeing: Supporting women through perimenopause and menopause – Linda Hynes comments for the Irish Examiner
Press
22 October 2024In this article for the Irish Examiner, Linda Hynes highlights the importance of supporting women experiencing perimenopause and menopause in the workplace.
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The "Good Jobs" Employment Rights Bill Consultation - Labour Relations Agency podcast featuring Ciara Fulton
Podcast
18 October 2024In this podcast Ciara Fulton joins Labour Relations Agency, to look at the contents of the Department for the Economy's "Good Jobs" Employment Rights Bill consultation.
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In-House Employment Lawyers Coffee Break: Episode 11 – Employment Rights Bill
Podcast
17 October 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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Menopause and mental health: addressing the invisible symptoms
17 October 202418 October 2024 marks World Menopause Day. As the Employment Rights Bill brings this into the spotlight as a workplace priority, with the proposal that employers develop supportive action plans, we focus on the impact the menopause can have on mental health and the potential knock-on effects at work.
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Employment Rights Bill unpacked: day one unfair dismissal rights
17 October 2024How will the Employment Rights Bill change unfair dismissal law? And what - if anything - can employers do to prepare? Our article takes a deep dive into the issues.
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Employment Rights Bill unveiled
11 October 2024The much-hyped and long-awaited Employment Rights Bill has finally been published along with a Next Steps paper explaining how Labour is putting its Plan to Make Work Pay into practice. Here’s our take on the Bill and what it means for employers.
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Baby Loss Awareness Week: how to support your employees
11 October 2024Baby Loss Awareness Week will be recognised in the UK from 9 to 15 October 2024. We consider what support can be provided to employees impacted by pregnancy and baby loss.
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Winning the talent war in Hong Kong
09 October 2024The last three years has seen a seismic shift not only in the way employees want to work in Hong Kong but also in the labour pools which are available to employers. Post-covid remote working, an ageing workforce, an exodus of expatriates and Hong Kongers leaving following the implementation of the National Security Law and a general skills shortage means competition in Hong Kong is fierce and employers are having to strategise on how to address the issue of talent and staff retention to remain competitive.
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Neurodiversity in the workplace: thinking differently about thinking differently
Podcast
08 October 2024Anna Bond and Jen Kingsmill, along with guests Professor Amanda Kirby and Mel Francis from Do-IT Solutions, delve into the topic of neurodiversity in the workplace.
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Lewis Silkin adds partner to strengthen international Employment and Global Mobility offering
Press Release
07 October 2024Lewis Silkin has today announced the addition of David Regan as a partner in the firm’s award-winning Employment team.
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Are employees in Ireland entitled to an appeal in a redundancy process?
03 October 2024A recent decision from the Workplace Relations Commission in Ireland shines light on the issue of appeals in a redundancy process. We look at what this means for employers and the importance of fair procedures and, in particular, an organisation following its own internal policies and procedures in a redundancy process.