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Autonomous Vehicles and the Built Environment
25 September 2017Self-driving cars are on their way. The trailblazers (Tesla, Google, Uber) are conducting increasingly sophisticated tests in real-world conditions. The traditional car makers (General Motors, BMW) are acquiring start-ups or partnering with established tech companies to boost their capabilities. Ford recently promoted the head of its smart mobility unit to chief executive and aims to have a mass market fully autonomous car by 2021.
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Employee liability information is not limited to contractual matters
25 September 2017The Employment Appeal Tribunal (“EAT”) has ruled that the employee liability information (“ELI”) that a transferor is required to provide under regulation 11 of TUPE is not limited to contractual entitlements. In addition, the EAT decided that there is no obligation on the transferor to set out whether any entitlement is contractual or not.
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TUPE and collective agreements - static vs dynamic debate revisited
25 September 2017A judgment of the European Court of Justice (“ECJ”) in a German case has reconsidered the effect of a TUPE transfer on employment terms governed by a collective agreement. The issue to be determined was whether, once a business had transferred, the new employer was compelled to apply the terms and conditions arising from collective agreements adopted after that transfer.
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Dr Nathalie Moreno speaking at 38th Global Litigation ConfEx
29 September 2017We are delighted to announce that Dr. Nathalie Moreno shall be speaking at the 37th Global Legal Confex on 29 September 2017. The ConfEx covers a range of topics related to Litigation, e-Discovery, Compliance, Security, Risk Management, Technology & Outsourcing.
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Gender pay gap reporting update
04 October 2017Now the first gender pay gap reporting “snapshot date” of 5th April 2017 has been and gone, all employers with 250 or more employees should be working on their statistics ready to publish by 4th April next year.
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WORKSPHERE commended by FT Innovative Lawyers Awards 2017
06 October 2017Lewis Silkin’s comprehensive HR service WORKSPHERE has been commended in the FT Innovative lawyers 2017: New Products and Services category.
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Brands and IP newsnotes - issue 6
12 October 2017Welcome to the 6th edition of our Brands & IP newsnotes put together to bring you the latest, and most interesting legal developments affecting intellectual property law. In this issue we cover; battlegrounds on Amazon listings, whether prestigious brands can prevent their resellers from selling online, the EU's position paper on IP rights, an quick guide on rights for designs, and trade mark infringements.
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Irish Employment Law 2019
17 October 2017This Inbrief provides a whistle-stop tour of the most important Irish employment law issues, from the beginning of the employment relationship through to its conclusion.
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Mock mediation
19 October 2017Workplace mediation can be an effective way of nipping difficult issues in the bud, “resetting” dysfunctional working relationships, and resolving serious disputes without resorting to formal legal proceedings.
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Progress on the Parental Bereavement Bill
23 October 2017The purpose of the proposed Parental Bereavement (Pay and Leave) Bill (“the Bill”) is to provide a statutory right to paid leave for employed parents who suffer the loss of a child. Previous attempts to introduce paid leave in these circumstances over the past few years have been unsuccessful. However, this Bill - introduced into Parliament in July - has the support of the Government and is likely to become law.
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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.