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Planning for employment law issues in your HR budget
19 January 2017With the annual budgeting process now underway in many businesses, we have taken a look at the expected employment law developments for the coming year and identified five non-core areas of potential spend/cost that HR directors may want to make allowance for in their 2017/18 budget.
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...a little bit of law - Chancel Repair
19 January 2017Chancel repair liability occurs when a landowner is responsible for the cost of repairing a church of the Church of England or Church in Wales.
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There's something under my bed...
19 January 2017Three companies that supply drawer parts to bed and other furniture retailers have admitted breaching competition law by sharing commercially sensitive information, agreeing not to undercut each other and sharing out their customers. One of the companies avoided paying a fine under the CMA’s leniency policy, but the other two companies have agreed to pay fines totalling £2.8 million.
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What does Brexit mean for UK employment law?
19 January 2017It is now several months since the UK voted to leave the European Union. What are the short and long-term implications of this momentous decision for workplace rights in the UK?
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Sexual portrayal of under-18s in ads
18 January 2017Following a number of adjudications in recent years concerning the sexualised portrayal of children and young people, as well as the publication of various reports calling for action to stop the premature sexualisation of children, the Committee of Advertising Practice (CAP) has launched a consultation on the proposed introduction of new rules in the UK advertising codes prohibiting the sexual portrayal of under 18s in advertising. The consultation is open for response until 5pm 19 January 2017.
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Brexit means... it's the end of free movement as we know it
18 January 2017As expected, Prime Minister Theresa May today laid out plans for what has come to be known in the press as a “hard Brexit”.
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Employment law review 2016/2017
05 January 2017An overview of the significant changes to employment law that took effect last year and a look ahead to the major reforms in store for 2017 and beyond.
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New consultations on employment tribunals and ill health and disability
04 January 2017The government has launched two new consultations: the first on reforms to the employment tribunal system and the second on work, health and disability.
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The Trade Union Act 2016 - the year ahead
04 January 2017Although the Trade Union Act 2016 (the “Act”) became law in May last year, further legislation is needed to flesh out some of its reforms and bring them into force. Now that the Government has begun publishing this additional legislation and updating related Codes of Practice, we take a look below at some areas where the impact of the Act’s reforms is likely to become clearer over the year ahead.
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Tech Predictions for 2017
03 January 2017Tech continues to be the single most influential factor in how we live our lives, both at work and at home and usually (but clearly not always) helps to enhance the quality of life.
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Further update on warrants following suspended orders
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New Court form for Warrant Requests following suspended possession orders
21 December 2016The Court Service has released a new Request to Issue a Warrant for Possession form which is to be used where a possession order has been suspended on terms requiring the payment of rent and arrears.
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Tax treatment of termination payments – draft legislation published
20 December 2016Over the past couple of years, the Government has been consulting on proposals to make a number of changes to the tax and national insurance (“NI”) treatment of termination payments.
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Getting the best out of AI in Retail
19 December 2016It is no secret that artificial intelligence (AI) has come on leaps and bounds in the past few years and now its benefits are fast becoming very apparent in the retail sector. In both the offline and online world, retailers are utilising AI to shake up the status quo. The question is: how do you make AI work in your business and what are the key legal considerations to think about when using AI?
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BoF and McKinsey Co report
19 December 2016A very interesting report has been published by The Business of Fashion (BoF) and McKinsey & Company: The State of Fashion 2017.
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Ask About... Retail, Fashion & Hospitality
19 December 2016Many of our clients in the retail, fashion and hospitality sector face similar HR issues. Each month one of the members of our team will identify an issue, ask how you would deal with it and provide our advice. This month we asked Lisa...
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Newsflash: Water tank manufacturers fined for breaching competition law
19 December 2016The UK Competition & Markets Authority (CMA) has today issued a decision against a number of suppliers of water tanks used in sprinkler systems, finding that the suppliers had infringed competition law by (among other things) agreeing to fix prices, rigging tender bids as well as sharing commercially sensitive information.
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Discrimination sur le lieu de travail pour cause de grossesse et de maternité
14 December 2016Le comité parlementaire femmes et égalités (Women & Equalities Committee) a récemment publié ses conclusions en matière de discrimination sur le lieu de travail pour cause de grossesse et de maternité.
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Calcul des indemnités de congé annuel
13 December 2016La Cour d’appel a récemment émis son jugement dans l’affaire en cours British Gas contre Lock, portant sur les indemnités de congés annuels, et a confirmé que les indemnités de congé annuel devaient inclure les commissions conditionnées aux résultats.
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Statut professionnel des chauffeurs d’Uber
13 December 2016Un tribunal du travail (employment tribunal) a déterminé que les chauffeurs engagés par Uber étaient des employés et non des prestataires indépendants, ce qui signifie qu’ils ont droit au salaire minimum national, aux congés payés annuels et à la protection des dénonciateurs.