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  • Diversity quotas in the law - the issues

    Press

    10 November 2014

    Karen Baxter has been quoted in The Law Society Gazette in an article examining the issue of diversity quotas in the legal profession.

  • Holiday pay ruling: what does it mean?

    Press

    05 November 2014

    A landmark tribunal hearing has ruled that overtime should count in holiday pay.

  • Tom Heys quoted in Economist

    Press

    17 October 2014

    Tom Heys has been quoted in an Economist article on 'Religion, employment and teaching'.

  • Hot topic - Scottish independence

    Press

    11 September 2014

    Russell Brimelow has contributed an article to HR Magazine on the potential impact of Scottish independence on employers in Scotland.

  • Lewis Silkin advises Engine management on sale to Lake Capital

    Deal

    11 August 2014

    Lewis Silkin has advised the senior management team of The Engine Group on its sale to a portfolio company of Lake Capital, subject to shareholder approval.

  • Obesity: one size no longer fits all after European case

    Press

    24 July 2014

    Ellen Temperton has been quoted in an article by The Times on obesity discrimination.

  • Pensions: enrolment and partnerships

    Press

    10 July 2014

    In an article for The Law Society Gazette, Clive Greenwood and Christopher Hitchins examine the issue of LLPs auto-enrolling its members.

  • Lewis Silkin has contributed to Corporate Livewire's Expert Guide 2014

    Press

    30 May 2014

    James Davies and Tarun Tawakley have contributed to Corporate Livewire's Expert Guide on Labour & Employment Law 2014. 

  • Will British Gas ECJ ruling fuel holiday pay hike?

    28 May 2014

    The European Court of Justice (ECJ) recently ruled that the EU law requires a worker’s statutory holiday pay to take commission payments into account: it should not be based solely on basic salary

  • Silver Lining - age discrimination back in the spotlight

    Press

    25 April 2014

    In a new article for Solicitors Journal, Lee Nair and James Davies discuss the difficulties in measuring the effectiveness of the ban on age discrimination and the impact a new statutory code will have.

  • Would raising the minimum wage to the living wage increase unemployment?

    Press

    24 April 2014

    In an article for Personnel Today, Hannah Price examines whether raising the minimum wage to the living wage would increase unemployment.

  • Data protection - a contextual approach to regulation

    Press

    07 April 2014

    Steve Lorber identifies some fundamental problems with the way that Europe approaches data protection regulation and makes some tentative suggestions as to how that approach might be developed in practice, particularly in the context of employment.

  • Stay abreast of whistle-blower protections in the EU

    Press

    06 March 2014

    In an article for the Society for Human Resource Management, Kathryn Weaver relays her thoughts on the UK's "advanced classification", given to it in a Transparency International report on anti-corruption.

  • Muslim Staff Policy: How Religious Freedom Fits in the Workplace

    Press

    23 December 2013

    Commenting in an International Business Times article, James Davies discusses flaws in the definition of indirect discrimination after cases where a major retailer faced public fury when it was revealed the company allowed shop assistants the right to refuse to sell alcohol and pork products and a Christian worker at British Airways was asked to cover up a necklace which depicted a cross.

  • Merry whatever

    Press

    19 December 2013

    In an Economist article, Tom Heys comments upon recent rulings on religious beliefs and how even conventional legal definitions of religion are getting murky.

  • Trader loses 'ludicrous' case against dismissal

    Press

    12 December 2013

    Commenting in an article for The Times, Michael Anderson discusses the recent sacking of an oil trader who was dismissed after a heavy night of drinking.

  • Zero-hours work ‘equals a happy work-life balance’

    Press

    26 November 2013

    In a Times article, Lewis Silkin has been mentioned regarding the survey conducted in conjunction with the CIPD on zero-hours contracts.

  • French police put together case against Ikea bosses

    Press

    21 November 2013

    After the revelation that two senior executives from Ikea’s French business and a former head of the company were charged with illegally using police files to snoop on staff and customers, Ellen Temperton discusses legal ways to obtain information about a candidate's or existing employee’s criminal past in a Times article.

  • Religious symbols at work: Lift high the cross

    Press

    21 November 2013

    Commenting in an Economist article, Tom Heys discusses the difficulty employers face when weaving their way through law relating to religious jewellery at work.

  • Barclays scrambles to plug staff gap after suspensions

    Press

    05 November 2013

    In a Wall Street Journal article, Toni Lorenzo discusses the fate of the six currency traders suspended by Barclays last week amid a probe into possible manipulation of foreign-exchange markets.

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