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Ads & Brands Law Digest: April 2021
05 May 2021Welcome to the April 2021 issue of our monthly Ads & Brands Law Digest.
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What can we do about an EU customer charging us for Brexit delays? Rebecca Harries writes for The Times
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05 May 2021We make goods in the UK and are struggling with delivering our products to Europe on time because of additional costs and delays caused by Brexit. One of our overseas customers is threatening to impose financial penalties on us for the delay. What should we do?
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‘Adjusted’ gender pay gaps - an alternative approach to gender pay gap reporting?
04 May 2021Calculating an “adjusted” gender pay gap could provide useful context to an employer’s gender pay gap statistics and reveal systemic bias. But what is an adjusted gender pay gap and how is it calculated?
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Linda Hynes discusses the employment law aspects of antigen testing in the workplace on RTÉ Radio 1
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04 May 2021Linda Hynes discusses the employment law aspects of antigen testing in the workplace.
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ICO Children’s Code – what do businesses need to know and what should you be doing now?
04 May 2021At our latest In-House Data Club, Ali Vaziri and Tamsin Hoque brought us up to speed with the ICO’s Age Appropriate Design Code, more commonly known as the Children’s Code, which requires businesses to make necessary changes to their online products and services in order to meet the 15 standards set out in this statutory code of practice.
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Has Brexit turned our advertisers into Little Englanders? Brinsley Dresden writes for Campaign
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30 April 2021"When two tribes go to war, a point is all that you can score." When Frankie wrote those lines on his way to Hollywood in 1984, he can’t have been thinking of the culture wars between Leavers and Remainers in post-Brexit Britain.
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How much should we trust an ecommerce partner? Alan Hunt writes for The Times
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30 April 2021We are expanding our ecommerce offering and looking to work with a new outsourced provider. Legally should we retain the relationship with our customer or trust this to our ecommerce partner?
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What to know when putting together your firm’s miscarriage policy: Katie Johnston comments for The Drum
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30 April 2021The Drum speaks to agency bosses, support organizations and HR experts about how miscarriage policies can help companies bridge gaps in legislation and support bereaved workers.
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Sports Q&A - What do clubs, agents and players need to be aware of regarding payments of agents’ fees?
28 April 2021In recent years, HM Revenue & Customs (“HMRC”) have ramped up their investigations into the tax affairs of the football industry with a particular focus on the tax treatment of agents' fees. According to research by the accountancy firm UHY Hacker Young, the number of footballers investigated by HMRC rose dramatically in the tax year 2019-20, going up from 87 to 246 individuals, and the number of investigations into the tax affairs of football agents also increased substantially, more than doubling from 23 in 2018-19 to 55 in 2019-20.
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コロナウイルスワクチン接種に関するQ&A
27 April 2021英国がCovid-19ワクチン接種プログラムを進めるにつれ、雇用主側は雇用法における多くの困難且つ未検討の問題に直面している。ここで紹介するQ&Aは、雇用主が従業員にワクチン接種を義務付けることができるかどうか、義務化の代替案、ワクチン接種のための休暇、およびその他の問題をカバーしている。 Employers are facing many difficult and untested employment law issues as the UK rolls out its Covid-19 vaccination programme. These FAQs cover whether an employer can make vaccination compulsory for its employees, alternatives to a mandatory requirement, time off for vaccine appointments and other issues.
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Lewis Silkin French Desk has advised its longstanding client Publicis Groupe on the acquisition by Publicis Groupe UK of Taylor Herring, one of the biggest names in the UK PR industry.
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26 April 2021Lewis Silkin has advised its longstanding client Publicis Groupe, the world’s third largest communications business which employees 83,000 professionals worldwide, on the acquisition by Publicis Groupe UK of Taylor Herring, one of the biggest names in the UK PR industry.
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Home Office announces end to COVID-19 adjusted right to work checks
21 April 2021The Home Office confirmed on 20 April 2021 that the COVID-19 adjusted right to work check process will only remain in place until 16 May 2021. Although employers will need to undertake fully compliant right to work checks from 17 May 2021, they will not have to carry out retrospective checks where the adjusted process has been used.
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Ireland - Artificial Intelligence Comparative Guide: Victor Timon writes for Mondaq
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21 April 2021In this Chapter, Victor describes the current AI environment in Ireland and some of the opportunities and challenges which arise from that.
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MAC call for evidence on Intra-Company Transfer route
20 April 2021The Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) is currently seeking stakeholders’ views on the operation and effectiveness of the Intra-Company Transfer (ICT) immigration route, as well as a potential expansion of the immigration options for overseas businesses setting up a presence in the UK.
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Lewis Silkin advises Next Fifteen Communications Group plc on it’s acquisition of Shopper Media Group Ltd
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19 April 2021Lewis Silkin advises Next Fifteen Communications Group plc on it’s acquisition of Shopper Media Group Ltd
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Age discrimination alive and well in Irish workplaces: Síobhra Rush comments for The Irish Times
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16 April 2021Age discrimination is alive and kicking in Irish workplaces. It’s illegal under the Employment Equality Acts (1998-2015) but those working in the area say little has changed in relation to workplace age discrimination in Ireland in the past 20 years.
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Lewis Silkin — Wendy Saunders. Timothy Leeson and Michael Anderson comment for New Law Journal
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15 April 2021Lewis Silkin has announced the hire of Wendy Saunders—a financial services, markets law and regulation expert—as a legal director. Her addition to the team further bolsters the firm’s financial services offering, as well as provides additional expertise for the technology & communications sector.
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Gender pay gap reporting - what do the published statistics tell us so far?
14 April 2021Employers have until 4 October 2021 to report their gender pay gap statistics relating to 5 April 2020. With over 25% of employers having published their figures already, what do the results tell us so far?
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Recent changes in employment law in NI from April 2021
13 April 2021Set out below are various employment law changes due to come into effect from April 2021 in Northern Ireland.
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Lewis Silkin strengthens financial services offering with specialist hire
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12 April 2021Lewis Silkin LLP today announces the hire of Wendy Saunders – a financial services, markets law and regulation expert – as a Legal Director. Her addition to the team further bolsters the firm’s financial services offering, as well as provides additional expertise for the technology & communications sector.