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New Standard Contractual Clauses – what do you need to know?
14 June 2021On 4 June 2021 the European Commission published the new Standard Contractual Clauses for international transfers (new SCCs).
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Ireland moves one step closer to introducing statutory sick pay
10 June 2021The Irish government has announced more details of its mandatory sick pay scheme. The new law will give employees in Ireland a right to sick pay for the first time from 2022.
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Facebook’s High Court judicial review challenge dismissed
10 June 2021Following the ‘Schrems II’ ruling, the Irish Data Protection Commissioner (“IDPC”) commenced an investigation into Facebook’s international transfers of personal data on the basis of Standard Contractual Clauses (“SCCs” or “Model Clauses”), and issued a Preliminary Draft Decision, with Facebook then bringing a procedural challenge in the Irish High Court.
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European Court confirms Tesco employees can make equal pay comparison based on EU law
03 June 2021The European Court of Justice has confirmed that Tesco shop workers can rely directly on European law in order to compare themselves to distribution centre workers for the purposes of an equal pay claim.
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Ambush Marketing: our guide to navigating the rules
03 June 2021With 50 days to go, brands and advertising agencies are buzzing with ideas of how to capitalise on the world's focus finally shifting to the long awaited Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games.
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Home Office strategy statement on legal migration and border control – what’s in it?
03 June 2021As part of the government’s ‘new plan for immigration’ the Home Office released a strategy statement on 24 May 2021 setting out its plans for legal migration and border control. It provides an overview of what is an ambitious programme of change, spanning both operational and policy transformation.
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Ads & Brands Law Digest: June 2021
28 May 2021Welcome to the June 2021 issue of our monthly Ads & Brands Law Digest.
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HR headaches for the holiday season
27 May 2021In the second article of our three-part series looking at resourcing over the holiday season, we consider some of the difficult issues that employers will be facing in this area. These range from managing quarantine and staff with built-up annual leave to contemplating new policy approaches to holidays for the longer term.
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Updated Home Office policy on using UK residence cards after 30 June 2021
26 May 2021The Home Office has changed its policy on the use of UK residence cards (also called EEA biometric residence cards or BRCs) after 30 June 2021. The updated policy confirms the cards can be used by individuals who have status under the EU Settlement Scheme (EUSS), and for one entry by those who intend to apply under the scheme.
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HSE Cyber Attack – the fallout hasn’t even started!
21 May 2021On 14 May the Health Service Executive (HSE), Ireland’s equivalent of the NHS, suffered what has been described as a catastrophic, “ransomware”, cyber-attack. Ransomware is a type of malicious software or malware used by cyber criminals to encrypt the target’s data. The cyber-crime gang “Wizard Spider”, based in Eastern Europe, is believed to be behind the attack.
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Employee competition: top tips for start-up businesses
21 May 2021In this article, we set out our key recommendations for protecting your start-up business against employee competition, from managing the risks arising when you recruit new employees to putting in place the right contracts and responding to competitive threats.
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What we know about the government's proposed changes to developer contributions: Sara Hanrahan comments for Planning Magazine
21 May 2021In this article for Planning Magazine, Sara Hanrahan comments on whether the government will stick to previous proposals for a flat-rate charge and postponement of payment to project completion through which developers contribute to the cost of mitigating the impacts of their schemes.
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We’re all going on a working holiday! Issues to consider when employees want to work abroad over the summer
20 May 2021In the first of our new three-part series of articles looking at resourcing over the holiday season, we consider the position of employees seeking to extend their summer holiday by working remotely from their overseas holiday destination.
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Can EU nationals continue frontier working post-Brexit? Joanna Hunt writes for HR magazine
20 May 2021As the dust from Brexit has settled, attention has turned to what this means for cross-border workers in the UK.
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Traffic light system comes into effect for travel to England
19 May 2021On 17 May 2021 a set of traffic light ratings was put in place for determining pre-and post-arrival COVID-19 measures for travelling to England.
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Did Dilyn the dog eat the writ?
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No space for Employment Bill in Queen’s Speech
13 May 2021The long-awaited Employment Bill was missing from the Queen’s Speech on 11 May. This article looks at the implications for employment law reform and what employers can now expect.
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COVID-19 adjusted right to work checks extended to 20 June 2021
12 May 2021The Home Office has today confirmed that the COVID-19 adjusted right to work check process will remain in place until 20 June 2021, instead of 16 May 2021 as previously announced.
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Key immigration action points for HR in 2021
11 May 2021Free movement between the UK and the EEA/Switzerland came to an end at 11pm on 31 December 2020. Free movement has been replaced in the UK by the domestic immigration system, including the new Points-Based Immigration System (PBIS).
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Home Office seeks details of the current costs of immigration sponsorship
11 May 2021At the end of April 2021 the Home Office sent a voluntary survey to over 34,000 sponsors of workers to gather information about the time and cost associated with holding their sponsor licence.