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Ethnicity pay gap reporting: why it's not that simple
18 October 2018The Government says it is “time to move to mandatory ethnicity pay reporting”. Last week it launched a consultation on a possible new law.
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Diversity leadership – why Gareth Southgate has played a blinder
16 June 2021There are instructive lessons for business leaders and diversity managers in the way the England manager has conducted himself in the run-up to and early stages of the European football championship.
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Operation resilience: what is it and why does it matter?
21 June 2022Operational resilience is the ability of firms and the financial sector as a whole to prevent, adapt, respond to, recover and learn from operational disruptions. That is, operational disruptions to important business services. This is separate from, but should be complementary to and work together with, firms’ business continuity planning and outsourcing arrangements.
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“New technology does not change old risks” – why the crypto industry needs a regulatory framework to realise its full potential
22 July 2022Sir Jon Cunliffe, BoE Deputy Governor, Financial Stability, commented in a recent speech [1] on the latest developments in the crypto market and his conclusions from the so-called “crypto-winter”.
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Gender pay gap reporting in Ireland: why smaller employers should do a dry run NOW
25 May 2023Smaller employers in Ireland will start to have gender pay gap reporting obligations in 2024. This means that there is only a small window of opportunity to tackle pay gaps and take action on gender diversity, without the fear of having to publicly report potentially uncomfortable statistics.
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Why the government’s proposal to limit non-competes to three months may not be the end of the story
12 October 2023A new High Court decision suggests that employers may still have scope to protect their interests after an employee’s employment has ended, even if non-compete clauses are limited by the government to three months.
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Talking Tax and Incentives: Why EMI options?
25 June 2024Enterprise management incentive options (EMI options) are a type of highly tax-advantaged employee share option. If you’re running an independent private company with fewer than 250 full-time employees and are looking to sell in the next few years, here are five key reasons why you should consider them for your key employees.
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TUPE: Whose liability is it anyway?
12 May 2022A recent TUPE case has illustrated how both the transferor and transferee can be found liable for failure to inform or consult under TUPE.
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CDM 2015: Who is the Principal Designer?
01 August 2017By now, everyone is familiar with The Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015 (“Regulations”). However, there still seems to be confusion as to who should fulfil the role of the Principal Designer (“PD”).
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Can / should someone who is not a director be invited to join a committee of the board?
13 December 2018Even if a company’s articles of association permit a committee of the board of directors of a company to comprise or include persons who are not directors, is it sensible for such a committee to be appointed? Are there benefits? This article explores this question.
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Consumer Law Update: Who’s on the regulatory radar for 2019/20?
24 September 2019The Government and the CMA are intensifying efforts to strengthen consumer protection in the UK with a strategic focus on ambitious enforcement of existing laws and empowering consumers through accessibility to their data.
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Protecting confidential information and IP with search and seizure orders – who inspects seized documents first?
26 September 2019One tool in the armoury of any business that suspects its confidential information has been stolen and/or its intellectual property infringed is the “search and seizure order” (“SSO”) – a court order authorising a claimant’s lawyers to enter an opponent’s premises to search for, copy, remove and detain documents relevant to the alleged wrongdoing. In a joint judgment handed down just before the summer recess, the High Court has clarified the circumstances in which a claimant who is granted an SSO will be allowed to inspect seized material before the defendant does.
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On-demand programme services – who is now subject to Ofcom’s ODPS Rules?
15 September 2021On-demand programme services (ODPS) have been regulated for many years now, but since November 2020 the definition of an ODPS has been significantly extended. Guidance issued by Ofcom in September 2021 clarifies who has to notify, and who, therefore, will be regulated as an ODPS. No longer is it just “TV-like” services that are regulated.
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AI 101: Who owns the output of generative AI?
02 February 2023This is the second article in our “AI 101” series, where the team at Lewis Silkin will unravel the legal issues involved in the development and use of AI text and image generation tools. In the first article of the series, we looked at how generative AI tools are trained and why lawsuits have been raised against some of the major AI companies in both the UK and US.
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Who’s Who? - ‘Principal Accountable Person’ under Section 73 of the Building Safety Act 2022
24 November 2023Lewis Silkin recently advised on a dispute between an intermediate landlord (IL) and their management company (MC) over who the Principal Accountable Person (PAP) was under Section 73 of the Building Safety Act 2022 (BSA). By no means an easy task…
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Where might the Government’s Brexit White Paper lead us?
17 July 2018Although massively contentious, the Government’s White Paper proposals on the relationship between the UK and the EU post-Brexit add some flesh to the bones of what future interrelation between the two entities might look like. What are the key points for employment lawyers?
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"Play the whistle!" - Whistleblowing in Ireland
26 March 2019It seems that the FAI does not just have to worry about the results on the pitch as the qualification campaign for Euro 2020 kicks off, or the fact that they owed their CEO a significant sum of money (while also paying his rent) some time ago.
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New report proposes radical whistleblowing reforms
19 July 2019The All Party Parliamentary Group for Whistleblowing (“APPG”) has published its report on the causes and impact of whistleblowing and their recommendations for an overhaul of the current laws for greater protection of whistleblowers.
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Climate-related whistleblowing
04 May 2022The climate emergency will be a major concern to employees in the years ahead. This may lead to a rise in climate-related whistleblowing and future litigation.