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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.
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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
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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.