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ICO bans Serco Leisure's use of facial recognition for employee attendance - Bryony Long comments for Infosecurity Magazine
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26 February 2024Serco Leisure has been ordered to stop using facial recognition technology (FRT) and fingerprint scanning to monitor employee attendance by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO).
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The HQ move FAQ – Tom Merrick comments for Estates Gazette
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22 February 2024The use of office space has changed dramatically. Economic and political pressures have forced many businesses to re-evaluate their strategies and adapt to hybrid working models.
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A battle is brewing in No10 over AI regulation - Roch Glowacki comments for CITY.A.M.
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19 February 2024An increasing number of MPs are getting frustrated as the government bides its time on creating checks and balances over what it has identified as a potential “existential threat”. Roch Glowacki suggests the UK government may be “deliberately stalling” to see how the EU’s AI Act pans out first.
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Workplace romances – Catherine Hayes comments for Today FM
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14 February 2024Catherine joined Matt Cooper on The Last Word to discuss the potential challenges workplace romances can pose for employers, the importance of implementing clear policies and procedures, including guidelines for disclosing relationships and managing conflicts of interest, and how to effectively manage and mitigate the risks associated with workplaces relationships.
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Inside Labour’s plan for a storm of regulations at work - James Davies comments for The Telegraph
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12 February 2024Concerns over political changes were raised last week following Labour’s controversial decision to scrap its £28bn green investment plan. The change has raised questions over what other flagship policies Sir Keir might U-turn on.
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Big Brother Boss is watching – Linda Hynes comments on monitoring staff attendance using swipe cards for Irish Independent
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10 February 2024Irish employers are increasingly using surveillance software and AI to check productivity of staff at work at home, but does this lead to data protection issues for employers?
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Lewis Silkin Social Mobility Week: meet our scholarship winners
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09 February 2024Social mobility is one of our two focus areas for Responsible Business, alongside sustainability, and the annual Lewis Silkin Social Mobility Week is an opportunity to learn more about this issue and how we’re contributing to positive change.
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Employers race to comply with new rules for non-EU work permits – Declan Groarke comments for the Irish Examiner
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08 February 2024The article discusses the new rules for non-EU worker permits and includes comments from Declan Groarke on Ireland's new General Employment Permit (GEP) and related work permit changes.
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Palworld video game and IP debate: Nick Allan comments for GamesIndustry.biz
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01 February 2024Partner and Lewis Silkin video games expert, Nick Allan, was interviewed by the editor-in-chief of leading UK games industry business website, GI.biz, in relation to the ongoing online debate around intellectual property in video games sparked by the recent smash-hit, Palworld.
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Does the ASA need to revisit its gender stereotyping rules? - Brinsley Dresden comments for Campaign UK
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23 January 2024The ASA has come under scrutiny for banning a poster ad for Calvin Klein which features an image of singer-songwriter FKA twigs with a denim shirt draped over her naked body. Brinsley suggests the need for a light-touch approach from the regulator, which provides clarity but doesn't stifle creativity.
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Protecting your intellectual property in 2024 and beyond: Ali Vaziri and Stephanie Kay comments for IT Pro
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15 January 2024In this article, Ali and Stephanie discuss the most common vulnerability to IP theft, the importance of identifying weaknesses within your business and the difficulties businesses are facing in the new fight against IP theft.
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The NYT v OpenAI: What about smaller publishers? - JJ Shaw comments for Media Makers Meet
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10 January 2024JJ Shaw discusses the ongoing friction occurring around the use of AI, including the New York Times v OpenAI case.
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Síobhra Rush comments on the new worker rights due this year for the Irish Independent
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10 January 2024Changes to employment rights in Ireland 2024 include the national minimum wage, gender pay gap reporting, the right to request remote and flexible working, the national pension auto-enrolment scheme and parent’s leave.
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Exiting Office Leases: On the Move
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12 December 2023In an article for PLC Magazine, Rachel Francis-Lang, Tom Merrick, Patrick Brown and Kate Davies discuss the key considerations for a business that wishes to exit its leased office space.
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Paul Gillen comments on why workplaces must be neurodivergence-aware for the Belfast Telegraph
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05 December 2023While major employers are now actively recruiting people with neurodivergent backgrounds, the number of industrial tribunal cases involving neurodiverse employees has quadrupled in the last four years. Paul Gillen comments for the Belfast Telegraph.
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What the appointment of a previous incumbent as housing minister means for planning: Sara Hanrahan comments for Planning Resource
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24 November 2023The reappointment of a former Westminster City Council planning committee member as housing minister should herald broad continuity with the approach of his predecessor, say observers. But Lee Rowley will have his work cut out overseeing secondary legislation to implement the measures in the recently passed Levelling Up and Regeneration Act.
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Sara Hanrahan featured in PCD Club’s November issue
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22 November 2023Sara Hanrahan interviewed for PCD Club’s ‘Meet Our Members’ feature. In the 35th edition of PCD Club’s digital magazine, Sara discusses her passion for sustainability, helping junior lawyers excel in their careers and her greatest achievements to date.
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Deliveroo riders not entitled to collective bargaining, Supreme court rules – Colin Leckey comments for Reuter
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22 November 2023The Supreme Court finds that Deliveroo riders are not in an “employment relationship” for the purposes of European human rights law. Colin Leckey commented that the decision provided certainty for platform economy companies with highly flexible operating models in which individuals have genuine freedom about whether and when to work.
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UK to pare back new takeover screening powers - Wendy Saunders comments for the Financial Times.
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20 November 2023The deputy prime minister has said the UK's investment screening powers are to be pared back to make them more "business friendly", less than two years after they have been introduced. Wendy Saunders comments on how the refinement of the scope of the NS&I regime will boost confidence in the UK as an investable jurisdiction.
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AI and the impact it will have on the future of the music industry - Cliff Fluet writes for UK Music’s 2023 Economic report
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14 November 2023Cliff Fluet contributes a piece on AI and the impact it will have on the future of the music industry. The piece highlights the importance of understanding the benefits and tackling the downsides of AI, as well as ensuring that laws look to protect image, personality and other economic rights that attach to creatives.