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DaaS – the benefits are clear but beware how you contract for Device as a Service
17 June 2020Devices as a Service (DaaS) is fast becoming the new normal way to purchase IT hardware. This ‘off-balance sheet’ solution is especially fitting in Covid-19 times where cash preservation is key.
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UK immigration and COVID-19 beyond the lockdown
16 June 2020UK visa processing is slowly starting to resume this month, but it is not yet business as usual. There are still many things that employers and applicants need to monitor, and potential pitfalls to avoid.
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Covid-19 contact-tracing apps - the key data protection issues: Bryony Long and Mithila Gupte comment for Computer Weekly
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16 June 2020Organisations intending to deploy contact-tracing apps will need to maintain high standards of privacy compliance, security and ethics to guarantee sufficient uptake and meaningful results. Bryony Long and Mithila Gupte explain further in this article.
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New business to business (B2B) fairness and transparency rules apply to ‘online platforms’ and search engines from 12 July 2020
15 June 2020New EU rules requiring online platforms (including e-commerce marketplaces and price comparison sites) and search engines to deal with their business users fairly and transparently, come into force in the UK and across the EU on 12 July.
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How to flexi-furlough – government reveals more details
13 June 2020The government has published updated guidance on the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, setting out the pathway to the phasing out of the scheme. It provides details of the complex mechanism under which flexible furloughing - part-work/part-furlough - will be allowed from 1 July 2020.
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Race discrimination complaints in the workplace and how to address them
11 June 2020With Black Lives Matter protests taking place across the UK and around the world, many businesses have been publicly stating their commitment to equality and the BLM movement. But what happens when the experience of current or former BAME (black, Asian and minority ethnic) employees is alleged not to live up to that standard?
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Ethnicity pay gap reporting – will the government now act?
11 June 2020The tragic and brutal killing of George Floyd has led to widespread outrage and Black Lives Matter protests across the globe. Governments are facing pressure to remove societal injustice faced by BAME (black, Asian and minority ethnic) people. Could this mean we will finally get clarity in the UK on ethnicity pay reporting?
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"I’ve got technology... get me out of here!" : The privacy risks of an artificially intelligent exit to lockdown: Ali Vaziri writes for PDP Journals
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11 June 2020Ali Vaziri looks at the privacy and data protection risks associated with the use of surveillance technologies, such as facial recognition and location and contact tracing systems, in the context of the current health crisis.
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How Covid-19 has messed up gender pay gap statistics: Tom Heys writes for Compliance & Risk Journal
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11 June 2020The current pandemic will affect employers obligations to report on their gender pay gap, which came into force in the UK in 2017, in a number of ways. Tom Heys explains the impact of Covid-19 on these obligations, highlighting the practical issues involved and how employers can tackle them.
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EU plans changes to e-commerce and competition law
10 June 2020We recently reported on the ASAI's publication of its annual report, in which it said that at a time when online shopping and digital commerce are experiencing exponential growth and have played a key role during the pandemic, it wants digital platforms to engage significantly from both compliance and funding perspectives.
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New quarantine rules cause confusion for cross-border workers
10 June 2020New rules require most international travellers arriving in the UK from 8 June 2020 to self-isolate for 14 days. There is an exemption for cross-border workers, however how this works in practice is not straight-forward.
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Survey raises question on whether sponsors may be missing reporting duties
09 June 2020We recently conducted an employer survey which revealed that only 10% of respondents had made reports on sponsored workers’ conditions changing as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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A Deed of Retirement doesn’t always protect a retiring partner
09 June 2020It’s not unreasonable to think that if a partner retires from a limited liability partnership (“LLP”) under the terms of a Deed of Retirement which contains a waiver and release clause, that partner will not be subjected to claims for any liabilities to the LLP.
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Lawyers in lockdown stories from the frontline - Lucy Lewis comments for The Law Society Gazette
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05 June 2020Law Society women lawyers division member and Partner at Lewis Silkin, Lucy Lewis features as one of the lawyers explaining their findings of life in lockdown.
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Coronavirus – our fourth employer survey
05 June 2020Our fourth employer benchmarking survey looks at how employers are approaching the potential reopening of their offices as they begin to assess some of the longer-term implications of the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Sports Q&A - What data protection issues do we need to consider before testing athletes for COVID-19?
05 June 2020The Premier League has started to test players and others as part the league's "Project Restart", prompting clubs and other bodies of many sports to ask if/how they should follow suit.
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HMRC seeks compliance and enforcement powers for coronavirus support schemes
04 June 2020The government is consulting on draft legislation to ensure that coronavirus business support grants are subject to tax, and to give HM Revenue & Customs new powers to ensure fair play by preventing non-compliance and abuse of the relevant schemes.
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Influencer posts dominate online complaints to UK ad watchdog Geraint Lloyd Taylor comments
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04 June 2020Fresh data from the UK’s advertising regulator suggests the public is now applying greater scrutiny to ads they see from influencers online as brands continue to up their spend on the medium.
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What does the return to retail look like?
03 June 2020Retail businesses are starting to reopen as part of the government’s plans to ease the country out of lockdown. How should retailers go about preparing to make a return to our high streets and shopping centres?
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Ads & Brands Law Digest: May 2020
02 June 2020Welcome to the May 2020 issue of our monthly Ads & Brands Law Digest.