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A big shakeup to Ireland's employment permit system
22 December 2023In 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.
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Significant changes to Ireland’s employment permit system
30 August 2024Regulations 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.
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Lewis Silkin French Desk advises the global HR management group Synergie on its disposal of Acorn Learning Solutions
06 February 2018The French Desk advised long term client Synergie, owner of the Acorn group of companies in the UK, on the disposal of its UK subsidiary Acorn Learning Solutions, the training arm of leading recruitment agency Acorn Recruitment, to the Welsh based training provider ACT, in January 2018.
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Menopause and mental health: addressing the invisible symptoms
17 October 202418 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.
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In Conversation with Joanna Symes of Home Sweet Home, London
23 June 2022With a rapidly changing market and scarcity of supply, buying agents are more valuable and in-demand than ever.
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Ride into the Metaverse: Cliff Fluet hosts a stellar SXSW panel regarding storytelling and story-living in the metaverse
12 March 2022Featured Session: Ride into the Metaverse: How Cars Expand Storytelling & Entertainment
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Pendulum swings back in favour of SMEs and the economy. Investors beware.
21 March 2024The ups and downs of the thresholds for being a high-net-worth investor or self-certified sophisticated investor
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Selling digital content online: the EC’s compliance ‘sweep’
26 November 2013James Gill and Bryony Compson have authored an article in the E-Commerce Law & Policy journal examining the background to, and findings from, the recent action by the European Commission in targeting websites that sell digital content in breach of EU consumer law.
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Lewis Silkin has advised online rental platform Fat Llama on its £34m sale to Swedish company Hygglo
22 August 2022Lewis Silkin has advised UK-based online rental platform Fat Llama on its £34m sale to Swedish firm Hygglo, in a deal that has created the largest peer-to-peer rental platform in Europe.
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Gendered swearwords and predictable hours - In-House Employment Lawyers Coffee Break: Episode 1
06 October 2023Listen 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.
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Family and Parental Rights - Swansea
13 June 2019Join us for our latest employment law seminar in Swansea held in partnership with Hays.
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Sustainable luxury: a contradiction, a necessity or just another fad?
10 September 2019The luxury and lifestyle industry has taken huge steps in its movement towards environmental and social sustainability. It’s at the top of everyone’s agenda but more needs to be done.
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New data published by Lewis Silkin reveals that sustainable innovation patent applications hit record high in 2023
26 July 2024Data shows that patent applications made via the UKIPO’s ‘Green Channel’ hit a new peak last year
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Planning, Environment & Sustainability
Planning and environmental laws are increasingly complex and with climate change they control some of the most important issues facing our world.
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FCA publishes long-awaited rules and guidance on anti-greenwashing and sustainability
01 December 2023The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published long-awaited guidance on anti-greenwashing and sustainability due to come into effect in 2024.
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Suspicions remain over ‘pragmatic solution’ to Easdale’s exit strategy at Rangers
27 February 2015We have been quoted in an article by The Telegraph.
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Barclays scrambles to plug staff gap after suspensions
05 November 2013In a Wall Street Journal article, Toni Lorenzo discusses the fate of the six currency traders suspended by Barclays last week amid a probe into possible manipulation of foreign-exchange markets.
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Hong Kong court confirms that suspension from partial performance of duties is not the same as suspension from employment
15 December 2021In 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.
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Lewis Silkin has advised new client Artelia Group on its acquisition of quantity surveying practice Austin Newport Group
26 March 2020Lewis 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.
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ICO survey on processing data about criminal convictions
31 January 2020The ICO wants to find out if data controllers understand the data protection issues involved in processing information about criminal offences and convictions