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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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Flexible working proposals published – but is practice outpacing the law? Carolyn Soakell writes for HR news
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07 October 2021The UK government has at last released its proposals for flexible working reform, which have been expected since the Conservative Party published its 2019 manifesto for the general election.
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Lessons in remote offboarding as furlough ends and “Great Resignation” takes hold: Laura Farnsworth comments for International Employment Lawyer
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05 October 2021This week the Spanish government reached a deal with unions and industry groups to extend the nation’s furlough programme until February 2022. The new deal represents the sixth extension to the scheme since Spain imposed its first lockdown in March 2020 and covers approximately 270,000 workers.
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Lewis Silkin receives tier 1 ranking in Legal 500 UK 2022 for Employment, M&A and Media and Entertainment
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01 October 2021Lewis Silkin continues to receive strong recognition in the latest Legal 500 UK guide released yesterday, earning 67 individual lawyer and practice rankings – of which 7 are top tier practice rankings, 3 were new entries and 7 were improvements on last year.
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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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UK employers grapple with vaccine policies: Lucy Lewis comments for The Financial Times
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22 September 2021Employers in the UK have been warned by legal advisers that requiring staff to be vaccinated against Covid may prove problematic, as offices start to fill up again after the easing of pandemic restrictions.
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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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As many return to the office, tensions flare between the ‘vaxxed and unvaxxed’: Lucy Lewis comments for CNBC
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13 September 2021As many people return to their offices, tensions appear to be emerging between colleagues along new lines: Those who are vaccinated against Covid, and those who are not.
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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.
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When can menopause form the basis for an Employment Tribunal claim?
08 September 2021What types of legal claim may employees with menopause symptoms be able to pursue, and how can employers foster a supportive culture to reduce that risk?