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The future of employment law – Taylor-ed to fit?
11 July 2017The Review of Employment Practices in the Modern Economy, commissioned by the prime minister last October and chaired by Matthew Taylor, has produced its long awaited report.
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Michael Burd comments for The Guardian on drunken promotion promises
Press
06 July 2017Michael Burd has commented in an article for The Guardian which discusses the legalities of drunken promotion promises, following the recent news that Sports Direct founder, Mike Ashley is being taken to court for refusing to pay £15million he had promised in the pub.
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Employment status – the power of three: employee, worker and self-employed
04 July 2017In an article for Employment Solicitor, Karen Baxter takes a look at recent cases which have tested the boundaries of employment status and assess how employers can keep pace with the changing market as the world of work evolves.
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Lewis Silkin cited in the HR Director: Is there any need for a Brexit bonfire of workers’ rights?
Press
03 July 2017Lewis Silkin has been mentioned in an article for the HR Director which draws on the recent survey undertaken by the firm, in partnership with the CIPD: ‘Employment regulation in the UK: burden or benefit?.
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Lewis Silkin co-host gender pay gap roundtable discussion with techUK
Press Release
29 June 2017Lewis Silkin recently co-hosted a second roundtable discussion on the subject of how best to approach gender pay gap reporting which involved senior representatives of a number of leading technology companies.
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What are the options for the UK and EU to reach a compromise over free movement and access to the single market?
23 June 2017Theresa May’s ill-fated snap election seems to have transformed the UK’s national zeitgeist, not least in the public narrative over Brexit.
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What did the Queen’s Speech have to say about employment law?
22 June 2017Employment issues were quite prominent in the Conservative election manifesto, with Theresa May making the bold assertion that she was promising “the greatest expansion in workers’ rights by any Conservative government in history”. In the event, the political reality of minority government and the exigencies of legislating for Brexit have inevitably resulted in a rather more modest reform agenda.
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Lewis Silkin 'most highly nominated European firm' by Who's Who Legal: Labour and Employment 2017
Press Release
16 June 2017We are pleased to announce that Lewis Silkin has been listed in Who’s Who Legal: Labour and Employment 2017, an exhaustive guide to the world’s leading Labour and Employment lawyers.
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Artificial Intelligence, Robotics and Work
Press
16 June 2017Michael Burd has written an article for Employment Solicitor which discusses the role of artificial intelligence and robotics in the workplace.
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Lewis Silkin appointed to act as sole external advisor on UK employment and immigration work for Deliveroo
Press Release
15 June 2017Lewis Silkin is delighted to have been appointed to Deliveroo’s first formal legal panel to act as its sole external advisor on UK employment and immigration among other matters.
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Tribunal finds father entitled to full pay for shared parental leave
14 June 2017An Employment Tribunal has decided that it was direct sex discrimination not to pay full salary to a father taking shared parental leave, in circumstances where a mother taking maternity leave during the same period would have received full pay.
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Employer must provide ‘adequate facility’ to take annual leave, says Advocate General
14 June 2017An Advocate General of the European Court of Justice (“ECJ”) has given his opinion that employers must provide an “adequate facility” for workers to exercise the right to paid annual leave under the EU Working Time Directive (“WTD”). On termination of employment, the employer must pay in lieu of untaken leave for the period during which the worker did not have such a facility to take it.
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What might the election result mean for employment law?
09 June 2017A handful of results remain outstanding at the time of writing, but it seems that the general election is going to end in a hung Parliament with the Conservative Party not having won quite enough seats to have an outright majority.
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The future world of work: Lewis Silkin’s perspectives on regulating the work relationship
25 May 2017Profound underlying changes in technology and demography are transforming work.
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Election manifestos – what are the main political parties pledging on employment issues?
25 May 2017Employment issues have emerged as a major election battleground, reflecting the aspirations of the Conservatives and Labour - and perhaps to a lesser extent the Liberal Democrats – to be recognised as the ‘workers’ party’. Theresa May has rather boldly claimed to be pledging “the greatest expansion in workers’ rights by any Conservative government in history”.
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Carolyn Soakell comments for The Times - Gender pay reforms will not reveal true size of the gap
Press
24 May 2017Carolyn Soakell has commented in an article for The Times Brief which discusses the new Gender Pay regulations that came into force on the 6 April.
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LS In-house mentioned in The Telegraph - Zero-hours contracts: what should employers think about?
Press
15 May 2017LS In-house, the firm's flexible resourcing service, has been mentioned in The Telegraph in an article that discusses Zero-hour contracts and the benefits that flexible working can bring to businesses.
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James Storke comments for Lawyer Monthly: Why Is Mental Health Still Taboo At Work?
Press
10 May 2017As part of Mental Health Awareness Week, James Storke has commented in an article for Lawyer Monthly which discusses the stigma attached to mental health issues and why it still persists as a workplace taboo.
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Brexit bonfire of employment law unnecessary say employers
Press
05 May 2017Employers overwhelmingly back most existing employment rights and do not believe the current employment law framework should be revised after the UK leaves the EU according to a new report published by the CIPD and Lewis Silkin.
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How to divorce the EU, in three uneasy steps
05 May 2017The European Council published its official guidelines for Brexit negotiations on 29 April 2017. Lewis Silkin reported on EU Council President Donald Tusk’s circulation of negotiation guidelines to EU leaders at the end of March 2017, and the newly published guidelines are consistent with the earlier version.