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Making employment contracts greener and more sustainable
18 February 2022As organisations try to find ways to reduce carbon emissions and adopt more sustainable practices, template employment contracts are probably not the first place you would think to look. But there are ideas and potential benefits for those prepared to consider integrating climate issues into the employment relationship.
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Home Office closes Tier 1 Investor route to new applicants
18 February 2022The route has been closed for initial applications from 16:00 GMT on 17 February 2022.
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High Court grants injunction to restrain employer’s ‘fire and rehire’ exercise
18 February 2022The High Court has granted an injunction preventing Tesco from “firing and rehiring” employees in order to remove a contractual entitlement to enhanced pay. While the facts of this case were unusual and it is unlikely to lead to a flood of similar cases, with the practice of “fire and rehire” coming under increasing scrutiny, we consider the implications for employers.
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ESG in the balance: Will crypto be a vehicle for advancement or will it undermine positive change? Part 2
17 February 2022S is for Social: Is crypto only an investment trap for the unwary consumer, and a vehicle for financial crime, or can it facilitate positive societal benefits?
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Is working less the way ahead? 4-day working week trials in the UK and Ireland
17 February 2022Companies across the UK and Ireland are trialling a four-day working week measuring whether employees can operate at 100% productivity despite working for 20% less time and with no reduction in pay.
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ESG in the balance: Will crypto be a vehicle for advancement or will it undermine positive change? Part 1
16 February 2022E is for Environmental: Is it just about the energy usage, or could crypto enable us to ‘build back better’?
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High Court orders ex-employee to return confidential documents kept for taking legal advice
16 February 2022The High Court has issued an injunction against the former Global General Counsel of Nissan, ordering him to return the confidential documents he kept after his employment ended. It did not matter whether the documents were kept for the purposes of taking legal advice.
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Overview of the ESG landscape from a financial services regulatory perspective
15 February 2022ESG is a very hot topic in the financial services sector.
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CNIL Opines on Processors’ Ability to Reuse Personal Data
15 February 2022On 12 January 2022 the CNIL published guidelines [1] on the reuse of personal data by data processors for their own purposes.
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Apprenticeships across the globe
14 February 2022Following National Apprenticeship Week, from 7 to 13 February 2022. With employers expanding their operations across the globe, we explore what an apprenticeship looks like in some of the key European jurisdictions.
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Ads & Brands Law Digest: February 2022
11 February 2022Welcome to the February 2022 edition of our Digest, covering legal and regulatory developments from the last few weeks relevant to advertising, marketing and brand-owning businesses. As usual, for each item we provide a succinct summary accompanied by a link to the full text of the relevant official source or our own report.
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Ready Player ET1: employment disputes in the metaverse
11 February 2022The metaverse and virtual reality offer opportunities but look set to throw up new employment issues around diversity, misconduct and more. Are we ready?
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Hong Kong employers to brace for change
10 February 2022In this article, we will cover the government’s proposed amendments to the Employment Ordinance (“EO”) as part of its continuing efforts to fight the endemic, and the latest development on abolishing the Mandatory Provident Fund (“MPF”) offsetting mechanism.
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‘No excuse’ for government not to mandate ethnicity pay gap reporting, say MPs: Tom Heys comments for People Management
09 February 2022But experts say firms need to pay attention to what they do with the data after they have reported it
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Irish government launches new Digital Strategy
08 February 2022As life changes to become ever-more driven by technology, the Irish government has launched a new national digital strategy, with the aim of driving and enabling a digital transition across the Irish economy and society.
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Introduction of paid parental bereavement leave in Northern Ireland
08 February 2022On 7 January 2022 the Northern Ireland Assembly passed legislation which will provide parents with two weeks’ paid leave following the death of a child under 18. These new entitlements will be effective from April 2022 with further provision relating to miscarriage promised.
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Disability reporting: time to act?
08 February 2022The government is considering requiring all large employers to report on the proportion of disabled people in their workforce. In this article we look at the benefits and challenges of disability reporting and consider if now is the time for its introduction.
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Home Office updates Immigration Health Surcharge procedure for sponsored workers
07 February 2022From 1 February 2022, the Home Office has corrected its Immigration Health Surcharge (IHS) portal to address previous undercharging for sponsored workers.
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Gender pay gap reporting: 9 common mistakes made by employers
03 February 2022Did you make any of these mistakes?
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Gender pay gap reporting and small businesses
03 February 2022Although only employers with 250 or more employees are required to report their gender pay gaps, many smaller businesses are deciding to do it anyway. Over 400 small businesses voluntarily uploaded their gender pay gaps relating to April 2020 onto the government’s database.