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Alan Hunt writes for Essential Retail: Protecting an 'aura of luxury'
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20 December 2017Alan Hunt discusses a CJEU ruling impacting manufacturers that could restrict the sales of products through third-party websites, like Amazon and eBay.
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Lewis Silkin writes for HRZone: Four lessons in prevention of illegal working
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18 December 2017Lewis Silkin writes for HRZone discussing the surprises businesses should be aware of in relation to the prevention of illegal working.
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Fergus Payne writes for Accountancy Age: LLPs in Top 50+50: Will LLPs continue to be the preferred set-up?
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15 December 2017In an article for Accountancy Age, Fergus Payne discusses why and how do accountancy firms set up or convert to an LLP, and will LLPs continue to be the preferred set-up in the future?
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Hannah Price comments for The Times: Life after Brexit: a culture shock
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14 December 2017Hannah Price comments in an article for The Times discussing EU employment rights.
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Laura Farnsworth spoke to SLOAN! Magazine: Lewis Silkin uses innovative working practices to improve work-life balance for lawyers with children
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12 December 2017Laura Farnsworth spoke to SLOAN! Magazine about the challenges faced by those with young families working in the legal sector and what led to the firm establishing rockhopper – our fixed fee HR and employment law service for businesses which allows lawyers to work flexibly from home.
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Joanna Hunt comments for Lexis Nexis: 'Breakthrough' Brexit deal provides as many questions as answers
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11 December 2017Joanna Hunt comments on the deal struck by the UK and EU, as well as the implications of the agreement, in an article for Lexis Nexis.
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James Davies is quoted in an article for Personnel Today: “We’re not like Uber or the other gig economy companies” – Hermes
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08 December 2017James Davies’ quotes from his talk on ‘Defining the status of employees and workers: challenges for the legislative framework’ at this week’s Westminster Employment Keynote Seminar: Employment rights and practices in the UK were picked up in this article.
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Richard Lister writes for HR Review: How employers in European jurisdictions should deal with workplace sexual harassment
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08 December 2017Richard Lister's article for HR Review explains the legal position on sexual harassment at work in five European countries and best practice for employers.
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Karen Baxter comments for The Guardian: Why do men watch porn at work? You asked Google – here’s the answer
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06 December 2017Karen Baxter comments in an article for The Guardian discussing why men are watching and sharing pornographic content at work.
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Karen Baxter writes for The Law Society Gazette: Employment: Is the gig finally up for Uber?
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05 December 2017Karen Baxter discusses the rough ride Uber have had this year. Amid the non-renewal of its London licence, data hacks and numerous other controversies, the ride-hailing business has also been doing battle in the UK employment tribunals.
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Joanna Hunt writes for the Free Movement blog: British organs for British residents
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29 November 2017Joanna Hunt has written an article for the Free Movement blog discussing the recent case R (A) v Secretary of State for Health [2017] EWHC 281 which revisits section 175 of the National Health Service Act 2006 and the system of charging foreigners for health services.
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Geraint Lloyd-Taylor comments for The Times: Students 'being misled by boastful ads'
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16 November 2017Geraint Lloyd Taylor comments on universities misleading students by manipulating league tables and data, in an article for The Times.
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Timothy Leeson comments for Legal IT Insider: ‘Machine beats man' in CaseCrunch lawyer challenge
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13 November 2017Timothy Leeson has commented on the latest Man v Machine challenge, discussing the use of legal decision predictions system CaseCruncher.
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Michael Burd comments for Governance & Compliance: Weinstein and the end of wilful ignorance
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13 November 2017Michael Burd, has commented in an article for Governance & Compliance which discusses the need for Boards within companies to take immediate action to deal with cases of harassment.
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Lewis Silkin mentioned in an article for the Business Magazine
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06 November 2017Lewis Silkin has been mentioned in an article for The Business Magazine which notes the recent purchase of Elvis Communications by the listed Next 15 Group.
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Thousands of UK citizens could have bank accounts mistakenly frozen due to immigration policy
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27 October 2017Joanna Hunt has commented in an article for The Independent which discusses how legitimate people could have their bank accounts frozen as a result of new policy that will require banks to carry out identity checks as part of the Government's latest crackdown on illegal immigrants.
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Adding context to recruitment
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25 October 2017In an article for The Times, Chief People Officer Penny Newman outlines the benefits of using the Contextual Recruitment System (CRS), a tool that recruiters use to take account of applicants different backgrounds.
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Context crucial to interpreting HR data correctly
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25 October 2017Lewis Silkin's Chief People Officer, Penny Newman shares her thoughts in an article for HRmagazine exploring the importance of analysing people data intelligently and ensuring that context is always taken into account.
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Cybersecurity risks for eCommerce companies particularly in light of the GDPR
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24 October 2017Senior Associate, Bryony Long has commented in an article for Essential retail which takes a look at how the new GDPR rules will impact cybersecurity.
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Jonathan Carr comments for the Raconteur: I liked the people so I bought the company
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18 October 2017Jonathan Carr has commented in an article for the Raconteur which discusses Google's $1.1 billion acquisition of 2,000 HTC staff.