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Retail workers comparable to distribution centre workers for equal pay claim
05 September 2017The Employment Appeal Tribunal (“EAT”) has ruled that individuals working in Asda’s retail stores can compare themselves with distribution centre workers in claims for equal pay.
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Laura Farnsworth writes for WeAreTheCity: Challenges and priorities of maternity leave
Press
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.
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Executive pay ratio reporting – sound familiar?
04 September 2017The Government has recently announced it will take forward a number of proposals for corporate governance reform relating to employment. Media reports have focused on the watering down of earlier plans for worker representation on boards, which has predictably been attacked by unions.
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Colin Leckey comments for People Management: Tribunal fees are finished – and here’s what happens next
Press
24 August 2017Colin Leckey has commented in an article for People Management which discusses the Supreme Courts decision to deem tribunal fees unlawful and what the consequences of this are likely to be.
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James Davies & Michael Burd write for Management Today Magazine: What new bereavement rules could mean for your business
Press
18 August 2017James Davies and Michael Burd have written a piece for Management Today Magazine which discusses what new bereavement rules could mean for business'.
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Tom Heys comments for The Economist: ‘A legal defeat for a pious prison gardener is good news for bosses’
Press
09 August 2017Tom Heys has commented in an article for The Economist discussing religious rights at work, in light of a recent case in which an individual failed in his religious discrimination claim after being disciplined for causing offence by quoting Bible passages.
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BAME footballers, unconscious bias and the workplace
08 August 2017A study published last year analysed the racial composition of professional football club leadership, looking at players, coaches and key decision-makers in Premier League and Football League clubs.
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Latest decision on holiday pay - regular voluntary overtime payments to be included
07 August 2017The EAT has clarified that regular voluntary overtime payments form part of “normal remuneration” and should be included in the calculation of holiday pay for the purposes of the four weeks’ minimum annual leave entitlement required by EU law.
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James Davies comments in ‘Brexit: Deal or no deal’ in The Law Society Gazette
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07 August 2017James Davies, divisional managing partner and joint head of Lewis Silkin’s employment, immigration and reward department comments on the issue of reciprocity for legal services and how the Norway model would be a good fit and on potential changes of immigration and employment rules.
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Thorny issues arising from the abolition of Employment Tribunal fees
04 August 2017The Supreme Court ruled last week that Employment Tribunal (“ET”) fees are unlawful. The case has significant constitutional and political implications, but also raises a number of thorny practical issues. We explore some of these issues here and will provide further updates as matters develop.
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Right to paid parental bereavement leave is coming
04 August 2017The Parental Bereavement (Pay and Leave) Bill, introduced into Parliament last month, would entitle employed parents who have lost a child to take statutory paid leave to allow them time to grieve. Although this is a private member’s bill, it is supported by the Government and would meet a Conservative manifesto promise to ensure “bereavement support” for employees – so there is a good chance it will become law in due course.
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Colin Leckey comments in AccountingWEB’s ‘Rogue bosses beware: Tribunals won’t cost and the labour-market tsar has promised action’
Press
04 August 2017Employment partner, Colin Leckey commented in AccountingWEB on the fees that attach to employment tribunals.
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Colin Leckey comments in Legal Week on the Supreme Court ruling on unlawful tribunal fees
Press
27 July 2017Colin Leckey comments in an article in Legal Week which discusses the implications of the Supreme Court ruling on unlawful tribunal fees and the prospect that 'retrospective' cases could soar.
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FCA launches consultation on the extension of the Senior Managers and Certification Regime
26 July 2017On 26 July 2017, the FCA outlined its proposals for the extension of the Senior Managers and Certification Regime. The FCA intends that these rules, which came into force on 7 March 2016, be extended to all sectors within the financial services industry and that they will essentially replace the Approved Persons Regime. Though an implementation date will be set by the Treasury, the FCA expects this to be from 2018.
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Employment Tribunal fees ruled unlawful by Supreme Court
26 July 2017The Supreme Court (“SC”) has unanimously ruled that the legislation requiring fees to be paid for bringing Employment Tribunal (“ET”) claims is unlawful and should be quashed. In one of the most remarkable employment law judgments of recent times, the SC held that ET fees interfere unjustifiably with the right of access to justice and discriminate unlawfully against women.
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Lewis Silkin quoted in THE REVIEW, The Journal of the Chartered Institute for Securities and Investment
Press
26 July 2017Lewis Silkin has been quoted in THE REVIEW, The Journal of the Chartered Institute for Securities and Investment.
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Bosses don't want a Brexit bonfire of red tape say Michael Burd and James Davies
Press
26 July 2017Contrary to popular perception, most employers are happy with current levels of regulation" write Michael Burd and James Davies write Management Today.
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Lewis Silkin's rockhopper service expands with external hire
Press Release
24 July 2017rockhopper, the fixed-fee HR and employment law service from Lewis Silkin, has expanded its team with the hire of Nicola Penny, an external hire to the rockhopper team.
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Whistleblowing public interest test considered by Court of Appeal
13 July 2017The Court of Appeal (“CA”) has considered the meaning of the “public interest” in whistleblowing cases. Disclosures which only affect a group of individuals within one employer can be in the public interest, but in most cases additional factors will also be needed.
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Supreme Court upholds right to equal pension for same-sex partner
13 July 2017The Supreme Court (“SC”) has made an important ruling in a case brought by a gay man seeking to establish that, if he died, his husband should be entitled to the same survivor’s pension as a wife in a heterosexual marriage would receive. The Court ruled that an exemption in the Equality Act 2010 (“EqA”), allowing employers to exclude civil partners from pension benefits accruing before December 2005, was incompatible with EU law and should be disapplied.