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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.
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Is there a future for crypto marketing in the UK?
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03 November 2023Following the coming into force of the Financial Conduct Authority’s new crypto marketing regime, Wendy Saunders provides a breakdown of what it all means in practice.
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Key takeaways for employers from recent DPC guidance on SARs – Linda Hynes comments for PDP
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02 November 2023Linda Hynes looks at the recent guidance issued by the DPC on managing subject access requests and considers the key takeaways for employers when dealing with such requests.
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Equal Pay for all – Síobhra Rush comments for InBusiness magazine
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31 October 2023Síobhra Rush comments on the EU’s new Pay Transparency Directive and why now’s the time for employers to get their ducks in a row.
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Will the future world of work feature too few jobs or too few workers?
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31 October 2023The scale of AI change means that we cannot look at the past to predict the future. Niamh Crotty and Síobhra Rush discuss what shifts are predicted in the workforce by 2050.
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Rory Campbell and Conal Scullion report on the proposed EU Packaging Laws for Retail News
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26 October 2023The EU published its Revision of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive at the end of 2022. In this article, Rory Campbell and Conal Scullion report on the proposed EU laws fighting back against waste packaging and what they mean for Irish retail businesses.