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Restrictive covenants in the recruitment industry
25 August 2020Restrictive covenants, also known as post-termination restraints (“PTRs”), are widely used throughout the recruitment industry to protect businesses from the impact of employees leaving to set up or join a competing business.
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Did contractual dispute resolution clauses have immunity from the effects of Covid-19 and the lockdown restrictions?
08 April 2021As businesses plan to recommence operations, they must consider the legal implications of any action taken or contemplated to preserve contracts and business relationships and be alive to the potential consequences of action threatened or taken by other contracting parties. The actual or perceived amenable approach taken by some during the pressure of lockdown may quickly evaporate as the country returns to some sort of normality. This combined with economic uncertainty is likely to result in an increase in disputes.
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Draft Code of Practice published on restricting “fire and rehire”
09 February 2023The government has published a new draft Code of Practice which warns that “fire and rehire” should only be used to change employees’ terms and conditions as “a last resort” and urges employers to first engage in thorough and open information and consultation processes. The draft is open for consultation until April 2023.
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EPO and EUIPO extend deadlines in response to COVID-19 pandemic
26 March 2020As you will have seen, governments across Europe have issued a range of recommendations to reduce the spread of COVID-19. The various IP offices have recognised this will have an impact on the ability of rightsholders/ applicants/ opponents to meet their deadlines, and so each of the UKIPO, the IP Office of Ireland, the EUIPO and the EPO have announced that deadlines will be extended:
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EPO and EUIPO extend deadlines in response to COVID-19 pandemic
02 April 2020As you will have seen, governments across Europe have issued a range of recommendations to reduce the spread of COVID-19.
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Oliver Fairhurst gives his perspective on responding to a crisis
24 May 2022The legal implications of a negative reputational issue
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How will M&A buyers respond to Covid-19?
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Resourcing for 2021: Immediate options for employers
25 February 2021As we move away from crisis management towards adapting to economic uncertainty and the “new normal”, identifying the best approach to resourcing staff is a business-critical issue. This is the first of a three-part series exploring the resourcing challenges, opportunities and trends we expect to see in 2021.
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LSNetminder - Domain Name Management & Dispute Resolution
21 May 2019It is now very rare to come across a business without any online presence. As a result, domain names have become a crucial aspect of intellectual property and one which requires careful management. Unauthorised third party registrations are now much more prevalent with fraudulent activity such as phishing and cyber squatting.
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Commercial dispute resolution: navigating the economic downturn
06 February 2023After-shocks of the COVID-19 pandemic, the war in Ukraine, sky-high inflation, “mini-budget” fiascos and the revolving door of number 10: as we settle into 2023, many of the political, humanitarian and economic events of 2022 and beyond continue to have a huge impact on businesses grappling with uncertainty and financial instability.
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Hotels: Investing in branded residences
01 September 2023Branded residences have grown in popularity across the global super-prime real estate market in recent years, especially since the pandemic. Secure and convenient luxury living, managed by the most prestigious of hotel brands, has proved appealing to many high-net-worth individuals. While purchase for personal use is more common across the globe, branded residences are emerging as an attractive investment asset in certain locations, including the Middle East. In this article, we explore the concept of branded residences as an investment and consider the likely commercial and legal challenges that operators and investors alike may face in the UK market.
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Employment law in the Republic of Korea – an overview
04 January 2021The Republic of Korea (often referred to as South Korea and in this in-brief as Korea) has one of Asia’s strongest performing economies and is home to some of the world’s largest brands. Despite its fast ageing population and a chronically low level of productivity, Korea continues to be popular place to invest for foreign companies.
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Appointed Representatives: The enhanced regime following lessons from Greensill Capital
06 October 2022Following publication of the Treasury Select Committee’s report in 2021 on Lessons from Greensill Capital, the TSC made a series of recommendations for the FCA and HM Treasury to consider. These included reforms to the Appointed Representatives regime that was first introduced in 1986, with a view to limiting the scope of the regime and accordingly reducing opportunities for misuse.
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Gender pay gap reporting - regulations delayed
16 August 2016There is to be a delay in publication of the final regulations on gender pay gap reporting, it has been confirmed by the Government Equalities Office (“GEO”).
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Gender pay gap reporting – final regulations published!
07 December 2016After a long wait, the final version of the Equality Act 2010 (Gender Pay Gap Information) Regulations 2017 has been published.
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Gender pay gap reporting – D-Day looms…
28 March 2017It’s the employment law change that has generated more interest than any other for many years. Next Wednesday – 5 April 2017 – is the first ever “snapshot date” for the new gender pay gap reporting regime. For several thousand employers, it’s the day for which they will have to pull the payroll data from which their first ever public gender pay gap report will need to be compiled.
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Enforcement of gender pay gap reporting – the EHRC gets involved
21 December 2017The Equality and Human Rights Commission (‘EHRC’) has published a consultation on its plans for enforcing the Gender Pay Gap Reporting Regulations (‘GPG Regulations’).
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Ethnicity pay gap reporting – will the government now act?
11 June 2020The tragic and brutal killing of George Floyd has led to widespread outrage and Black Lives Matter protests across the globe. Governments are facing pressure to remove societal injustice faced by BAME (black, Asian and minority ethnic) people. Could this mean we will finally get clarity in the UK on ethnicity pay reporting?
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‘Adjusted’ gender pay gaps - an alternative approach to gender pay gap reporting?
04 May 2021Calculating an “adjusted” gender pay gap could provide useful context to an employer’s gender pay gap statistics and reveal systemic bias. But what is an adjusted gender pay gap and how is it calculated?
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Gender pay gap reporting: 9 common mistakes made by employers
03 February 2022Did you make any of these mistakes?