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Guest opinion: Engineered for success? Immigration and the automotive industry
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03 November 2016Neil Jennings and Sam Koppel have written an article for AM Online which comments on Immigration and the automotive industry.
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Facebook forces Admiral to pull plan to price car insurance based on posts
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03 November 2016Lewis Silkin commented in an article for The Guardian which reports on Facebook's objection for Admiral to use Facebook posts to analyse the personalities of car owners and set the price of their insurance.
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The Lawyer In-House Counsel as Business Partner Conference
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02 November 2016Lewis Silkin is delighted to be speaking at the upcoming In-House Counsel as Business Partner conference hosted by The Lawyer on 7-8 November 2016.
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Workplace sexual harassment - how employers in Europe must respond
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31 October 2016Hannah Price has written an article for People Management discussing Workplace sexual harassment and how employers in Europe must respond. The article comments on how more than half the women surveyed by the TUC earlier this year said that they had been sexually harassed at work, with most admitting they had not reported it.
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Advertising needs a rethink in a brand new world
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31 October 2016Brinsley Dresden has commented in an article for the Financial Times which discusses the increasing problems that advertisers faces in the "brand new world" and how they are having to work harder than ever to find their audience.
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Immigration and nationality
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28 October 2016Andrew Osborne has commented in the Lawyer Monthly on the potential Brexit effects and impacts on the sports sector, and the business therein.
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Our thoughts on 'Brexit'
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27 October 2016Having listened to the concerns of our clients, and considered what the potential impact will be, we have prepared the following series of briefings on 'Brexit'.
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Lewis Silkin partners with ad and creative agency leading lights for LGBT event
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26 October 2016First of its kind networking forum to feature thought provoking Q&A session with LGBT luminaries.
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Anti-smoking experts to sue Times for claims of tobacco payouts
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25 October 2016Lewis Silkin have been featured in an article from The Guardian on a group of scientists and public health experts that are to take legal action against the Times newspaper after it reported claims from a leading charity that they were in the pay of the tobacco industry.
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Incentivising an influencer: towards greater transparency
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17 October 2016Jo Farmer has authored an article for Digital Business Lawyer on the increasing use of social media personalities by global brands to advertise their products and services and the need to clarify when online content is paid-for advertising.
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Rooftop hives give City bankers lessons in CSR
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17 October 2016Lewis Silkin has been featured in an article by Ethical Corporation about the firms use of bee keeping. The article discusses how bee keeping across the city is helping young people prepare for the workplace, control emotions and develop positive relationships.
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Sporting Chance
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14 October 2016Alex Kelham, Head of Sports Business Group, has written an article for The Law Society Gazette. The article discusses how women lawyers should find time for sport to enhance their professional and personal lives.
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Brexit - what will it mean for employment law?
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14 October 2016After the referendum vote in favour of the UK leaving the EU, there are various possible ways in which this saga may unfold. The new Prime Minister, Theresa May, has said that there is no going back on the referendum result and that “Brexit means Brexit” but what might Brexit actually mean?
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Lewis Silkin lauded for its rockhopper HR and employment law offering in this year’s FT Innovative Lawyer Awards
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06 October 2016Rockhopper, the pioneering low-cost, fixed-fee HR and employment law service from top 100 UK law firm Lewis Silkin LLP, has been commended as ‘Standout’ in this year’s FT Innovative Lawyers awards in the Innovation in Human Resources category.
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Naming foreign workers 'could breach discrimination law'
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06 October 2016Andrew Osborne has commented in an article for The Brief from The Times following Amber Rudd's proposal to force employers to list their foreign workers. Andrew states: "These proposals are a very crude attempt to try to bully employers" and "Companies already have to go through a complex and expensive system to sponsor any non-EEA workers and so do not do it if they can find local staff of the same standard".
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Roundtable Mediation - Game of give and take
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06 October 2016Karen Baxter has been featured in an article on the use of mediation for The Law Society Gazette.
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No more long work hours for millennial lawyers
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05 October 2016James Davies has commented in an article for The Financial Times which discusses how working round the clock for high pay is not what motivates young lawyers today.
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Lewis Silkin launches Worksphere to provide complementary highvalue HR services
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04 October 2016HR News has commented on Lewis Silkin's Worksphere launch which shall provide complementary, high-value HR services and bring together leading employment and immigration lawyers and seasoned HR consultants.
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The Lawyer Hot 100 Connect Event
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29 September 2016Lewis Silkin is delighted to be sponsoring The Lawyer Hot 100 event BREXIT 100 days (or so) later: A retrospective look at the past 100 days and an informed look into the future.
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Lewis Silkin throws its support behind City Giving Day
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27 September 2016Top 100 UK law firm Lewis Silkin LLP is supporting the 2016 City Giving Day, The Lord Mayor’s event which champions and highlights the charitable efforts undertaken by companies and organisations to support society and the community.