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Advertising & Marketing - Mental Health: What should agencies do to protect the mental well-being of employees?
15 May 2019NABS have reported that calls to its advice line are up 26% and the need for emotional support is the most common reason for making contact (representing a third of calls).
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Update on Hong Kong’s Employment Support Scheme (ESS) under the Anti-Epidemic Fund: what we know so far
19 April 2020On 18 April 2020, the Finance Committee of the Legislative Council gave funding approval for the second round of the anti-epidemic fund. This HKD$137.5 billion fund is set to be spread out over a variety of industries, with one of the main aims being job retention and job creation.
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What’s new in employment law - Hong Kong
24 August 2020The first half of 2020 has seen several employment law-related changes in Hong Kong, despite the city being hit by three waves of Covid-19 infections and working life changing as we know it.
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Increase in applications received for Hong Kong’s new Capital Investment Entrant Scheme – what it means for employers
04 September 2024The Government launched the new Capital Investment Entrant Scheme (new “CIES”) earlier this year, in line with its ongoing efforts to revitalise Hong Kong’s economy.
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Typhoon trading: Hong Kong Stock Exchange scraps seven-decade practice of suspending stock market trading during typhoons and extreme weather conditions – what this means for financial services employers
12 September 2024Starting from 23 September 2024, the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKEX) will allow the trading of stocks and derivatives during extreme weather conditions. Trading during such time will be termed severe weather trading (“SWT”). The move has been made to bolster Hong Kong’s position as an international financial hub. HKEX, brokers and the government will benefit financially if market closure can be avoided during the typhoon season. However, banks and brokerage firms must ensure that their employees’ personal safety is protected if they are required to carry on business as usual in times of adverse weather.
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Lewis Silkin advises Havas on acquisition of Creative Lynx, top digital health and wellness communications agency
15 June 2012Lewis Silkin has advised leading global advertising and communications services group Havas on the acquisition of a majority stake in the leading European digital health and wellness communications agency, Creative Lynx.
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Roundtable: wellbeing
12 October 2015Karen Baxter's comments from a roundtable on legal workplaces and the challenges facing the professions' mental wellbeing have been featured on the Law Society Gazette website.
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Employee Wellbeing conference developing effective strategies and improving business performance
15 November 2016The CBI estimates that 175 million working days are lost each year in Britain due to sickness and the HSE have reported that stress is responsible for 43% of those lost days. PwC have calculated that the related annual cost to business is £29 billion.
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Minister welcomes decision by Lewis Silkin to open new office in Cardiff
12 November 2012Welsh Business Minister Edwina Hart has welcomed the news that Lewis Silkin is expanding its footprint within the UK and is to open an office in Cardiff to join its London and Oxford locations.
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Lewis Silkin welcomes Baroness Neville-Rolfe to Brand Academy 2016
25 January 2016Lewis Silkin was delighted to welcome Baroness Neville-Rolfe, DBE CMG, the Minister for Intellectual Property, as the keynote speaker at our flagship brand event Brand Academy 2016 - “The Power of Brands - Opportunity or Threat?” on 21 January 2016.
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Clare Reddy comments for Property Week: Industry welcomes Lords report calling for overhaul to unlock potential for offsite manufacturing
03 August 2018Clare Reddy comments in an article for Property Week, which discusses offsite manufacturing and the need for clients, designers and contractors to collaborate if the innovative construction technique is to take off in UK.
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Tech entrepreneurs to David Cameron: Welcome skilled immigrants to keep the UK a global tech hub
02 November 2015Olga Nechita has been quoted in an article by City A.M. on the open letter organised by the Coalition for a Digital Economy, which urges David Cameron to welcome more skilled migrants.
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Is all publicity good publicity? Weighing the risks of shock advertising
03 March 2015The Advertising Standards Authority is proud of the high level of compliance with the Advertising Code. This is all the more impressive considering that its primary sanction is negative PR, rather than fines. So following the ASA’s recent publication of the 10 most complained about ads of the last 12 months, there is a question to be asked: did any of these advertisers suffer long term consequences by provoking hundreds of complaints? Or was it just transient, short-term negative publicity?
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Lewis Silkin mentioned in The Next Web's coverage of Social Media Week London
24 September 2012Partner Jo Farmer's talk at Social Media Week London has been praised in a review by The Next Web UK Editor Jamilla Knight.
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Rachel Francis Lang comments in latest TMT feature for Property Week
27 May 2016Rachel Francis-Lang has been quoted in Property Week, 'Good to grow - how landlords are capitalising on TMT boom'
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The Times' Lawyer of the Week: Adam Glass
14 September 2017We are delighted that litigation Partner, Adam Glass has been named as The Lawyer of the Week by the The Times.
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Nicholas Buckland comments for Music Week: Euro Parliament rejects copyright reform, full debate set for September
10 July 2018In an article for Music Week, Nicholas Buckland comments on the European Parliament voting against beginning negotiations on the Copyright Directive including Article 13.
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The Hong Kong Government announced that from Wednesday, 19 September 2018, their Immigration Department will for the first time recognise the nature of same-sex civil partnerships
27 September 2018This new policy means that the other party to a same-sex partnership will be able to apply to join their same-sex partner, who has been admitted into Hong Kong, for residence in Hong Kong as a dependant.
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GDPR implications for website owners and publishers in conjunction with Panlogic
06 July 2017The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) places additional requirements on the collection, storage and use of personal data and will be mandatory for UK companies (regardless of Brexit). These requirements necessarily demand changes to both online and offline systems and processes.