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  • Return to the offices in Ireland: Síobhra Rush comments on the issues arising for employers as they encourage staff back to the office

    28 January 2022

    As employers in Ireland have once again been given the green light to bring their staff back to the office, Síobhra Rush comments on how businesses should approach bringing employees back to the office.

  • Brexit and the points based immigration system

    03 August 2016

    The UK’s potential withdrawal from the EU has placed our immigration systems under scrutiny. This article reviews the nature of our current system. We highlight aspects which could be improved and aspects which will have to change if EU nationals will be subject to the same Immigration Rules as non-EU nationals

  • Is it possible to have a global appraisal system?

    07 December 2016

    As more and more companies organise themselves in regional or even global structures, the need for some form of global benchmarking of performance becomes ever more pressing but is it really possible to have one system that can accurately grade performance across the USA, China and Nigeria?

  • Law Society Report: AI in the Justice System

    13 June 2019

    The Law Society has now published the final report of its Technology and the Law Commission (the “Commission”) investigation into the use of algorithms in the justice system. It follows a year-long exploration by the Commission of whether algorithms’ use within the justice system should be regulated to protect human rights and trust and, if so, how.

  • The new immigration system – Q&As

    30 November 2020

    In our recent webinar in November 2020, we shared an overview of the new system and how it is likely to work in practice. We cover sponsorship of skilled workers and look at some of the main work-related immigration routes, including the Skilled Worker, Intra-Company Transfer, Sporting and Creative, Global Talent and Graduate visas. Our webinar generated a wide-ranging set of questions from attendees, which we have collated and answered as a set of Q&As.

  • Irish government announces details of an automatic enrolment pension system for the private sector in Ireland

    31 March 2022

    The Minister for Social Protection, Heather Humphreys, has announced details of the ‘design principles’ for the Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System for Ireland. The design principles will form the basis of the draft legislation and the necessary operations to be put in place by government and employers.

  • Getting signed off: a system becoming more fit for purpose?

    17 June 2022

    An announcement this week has introduced new flexibility in relation to fit notes. From 1 July a wider group of healthcare professionals will be able to issue fit notes, which will potentially make the process both easier and more effective. We examine what was behind this change and what it might mean for the ever-challenging task of managing sickness absence in the workplace.

  • A big shakeup to Ireland's employment permit system

    22 December 2023

    In a surprise pre-Christmas announcement, the Irish Government significantly expanded Ireland’s employment permit system but also increased the salary requirements for most employment permit types. While this is welcome news, it also means that some employers may need to review and reforecast their budgets for employment costs to ensure any employment permit holders they employ can continue to work in Ireland.

  • Significant changes to Ireland’s employment permit system

    30 August 2024

    Regulations giving effect to the new Employment Permits Act 2024 were signed by the Government this week, with some of the changes under this new law coming into effect on Monday, 2 September. This new law is intended to significantly improve efficiency in the employment permit system, creating a more flexible and adaptable system better able to respond to the changing needs of the labour market and ensuring the protection of permit holders. In this article, we look at the key changes and what employers should know.

  • Menopause and mental health: addressing the invisible symptoms

    17 October 2024

    18 October 2024 marks World Menopause Day. As the Employment Rights Bill brings this into the spotlight as a workplace priority, with the proposal that employers develop supportive action plans, we focus on the impact the menopause can have on mental health and the potential knock-on effects at work.

  • In Conversation with Joanna Symes of Home Sweet Home, London

    23 June 2022

    With a rapidly changing market and scarcity of supply, buying agents are more valuable and in-demand than ever.

  • Pendulum swings back in favour of SMEs and the economy. Investors beware.

    21 March 2024

    The ups and downs of the thresholds for being a high-net-worth investor or self-certified sophisticated investor

  • Gendered swearwords and predictable hours - In-House Employment Lawyers Coffee Break: Episode 1

    06 October 2023

    Listen here for the latest developments and essential practical takeaways (short enough to fit into a 10-minute coffee break!). Lawyers from our IHELC team will discuss key developments in employment law with our usual pragmatism and insight, a touch of humour and a sharp focus on the in-house lawyer’s perspective.

  • FCA publishes long-awaited rules and guidance on anti-greenwashing and sustainability

    01 December 2023

    The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published long-awaited guidance on anti-greenwashing and sustainability due to come into effect in 2024.

  • Hong Kong court confirms that suspension from partial performance of duties is not the same as suspension from employment

    15 December 2021

    In the case of Lengler Werner v Hong Kong Express Airways Ltd [2021] HKCFI 1333, the Court of First Instance recently overturned a Labour Tribunal judgment and held that an employer’s statutory right to suspend an employee from employment under Section 11 of the Employment Ordinance only applied to a complete suspension from employment and not to a suspension from partial performance of duties.

  • Lewis Silkin has advised new client Artelia Group on its acquisition of quantity surveying practice Austin Newport Group

    26 March 2020

    Lewis Silkin has advised new client Artelia Group, an international, multidisciplinary consultancy, engineering and project management group, on its acquisition of Austin Newport Group, specialised in chartered quantity surveying, project management contracting and recovery of damaged historic buildings.

  • ICO survey on processing data about criminal convictions

    31 January 2020

    The ICO wants to find out if data controllers understand the data protection issues involved in processing information about criminal offences and convictions

  • Coronavirus - our employer survey

    12 March 2020

    We have surveyed decision-makers in a cross-section of businesses to find out how they are responding to the Coronavirus outbreak.

  • Coronavirus - our second employer survey

    20 March 2020

    We carried out a second benchmarking survey to find out how employers are dealing with the Coronavirus outbreak.

  • Retail, hospitality and leisure Covid 19 survey, from The Collective by Lewis Silkin

    26 March 2020

    Between 19 - 24 March 2020, we conducted a survey for thought leaders in the retail, hospitality and leisure sector, in order to share the data and help others facing these unprecedented times.

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