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Employment Tribunal fees - refunds begin
24 October 2017After an unexpectedly lengthy wait, the Government has launched the first stage of its scheme for refunding Employment Tribunal (“ET”) fees following the Supreme Court’s decision that the fees system was unlawful.
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Cybersecurity risks for eCommerce companies particularly in light of the GDPR
24 October 2017Senior Associate, Bryony Long has commented in an article for Essential retail which takes a look at how the new GDPR rules will impact cybersecurity.
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New ACAS guidance on mental health in the workplace
25 October 2017Mental illness costs employers in the UK a lot of money – up to £30 billion each year in lost production, absence and recruitment costs according to Acas, which has recently published a guide to “promoting positive mental health in the workplace”.
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Adding context to recruitment
25 October 2017In an article for The Times, Chief People Officer Penny Newman outlines the benefits of using the Contextual Recruitment System (CRS), a tool that recruiters use to take account of applicants different backgrounds.
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Context crucial to interpreting HR data correctly
25 October 2017Lewis Silkin's Chief People Officer, Penny Newman shares her thoughts in an article for HRmagazine exploring the importance of analysing people data intelligently and ensuring that context is always taken into account.
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Thousands of UK citizens could have bank accounts mistakenly frozen due to immigration policy
27 October 2017Joanna Hunt has commented in an article for The Independent which discusses how legitimate people could have their bank accounts frozen as a result of new policy that will require banks to carry out identity checks as part of the Government's latest crackdown on illegal immigrants.
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Feedback - positivity vs negativity
02 November 2017Feedback is one of the most powerful tools for optimising workplace performance. Getting it right can help a business to constantly improve. Mistakes become learning opportunities; failures and bad behaviours are not repeated. Conversely, getting feedback wrong can destroy motivation, causing productivity to plummet.
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New Welsh Land Transaction Tax
02 November 2017From April 2018, Wales will have a new tax known as Land Transaction Tax (LTT), its own version of Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT). LTT mirrors much of the SDLT regime and many of the SDLT rules have been incorporated into the Land Transaction Tax and Anti-avoidance of Devolved Taxes (Wales) Act 2017 (businesses and tax practitioners have emphasised the need for consistency between SDLT and LTT), but there are differences which the Welsh Government say make the tax simpler and fairer, and improve its efficiency and effectiveness.
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Preparing your ownership structure for success
02 November 2017We regularly advise on how agencies can best share their equity with a wider group of people, attracting and incentivising employees in the process.
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Lewis Silkin hosted Global Labour Law Conference in Hong Kong with Ius Laboris
03 November 2017The Shifting World Dynamics and the Evolving Workplace: Global labour law conference was held in Hong Kong last month in conjunction with Ius Laboris, the leading international law alliance combining the world’s leading employment, labour and pensions firms.
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Patent Claims to dosage regimes fail to stand up to scrutiny
06 November 2017In Actavis Group PTC EHF & Anor v Teva UK Ltd & Ors [2017] EWCA Civ 1671 the Court of Appeal has found that various dosage regime claims were obvious and invalid, reversing the decision of the of the trial judge.
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Top pitfalls in drafting employment contracts
15 November 2017Ambiguous offer letters, verbal promises, incorporating policies and handbooks, missing key terms, unenforceable provisions.
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Applying game theory to HR
16 November 2017The influence of game theory, developed in the 1950s by Nobel Prize-winning mathematician John Forbes Nash Jr, has been huge. It provides a formal modelling approach for decision-makers to explore a variety of interactions among agents, and their potential outcomes.
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Full Employment Tribunal fees refunds scheme now open
16 November 2017After a brief pilot scheme, the full scheme for refunding Employment Tribunal (“ET”) fees is now open for use by both claimants and respondents.
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Protecting your brand
16 November 2017It is as a sad fact that athletes, coaches and managers will, however iconic, come and go. What underpins the real value of a sports organisation is a strong brand. It is therefore worth protecting, but the protection must be pro-active and strategic.
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Tax on termination - employer NICs charges delayed
23 November 2017Some good news for employers was confirmed in the Chancellor’s autumn Budget.
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Employment status review announced in response to Taylor report
23 November 2017In the autumn Budget, the Government has indicated for the first time how it intends to respond to the recommendations made by Matthew Taylor in his review of modern working practices.
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Workers denied paid holiday can carry over rights until termination
30 November 2017The European Court of Justice (“ECJ”) has ruled that where workers are not granted paid annual leave to which they are entitled under the EU Working Time Directive (“WTD”), they must be able to carry over and accumulate those holiday rights from year to year and be compensated for them on termination of employment
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Morrisons held vicariously liable for employee data leak
04 December 2017The High Court has found Morrisons to be vicariously liable for the actions of a rogue employee who intentionally disclosed the personal details of over 100,000 staff at Morrisons. The judgment will be of interest to data controllers and to customers and employees whose personal data is compromised by data breaches. It is the first group litigation in respect of a data breach to be decided by the English courts.
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Chaos at the Christmas party - how to avoid an HR headache
08 December 2017The festive season is almost upon us, bringing with it the long-awaited office Christmas party - a chance for colleagues to let their hair down and enjoy themselves in a relaxed setting.