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Employment Bulletin - November 2021 Direct offer before collective bargaining exhausted was unlawful inducement; Courier was worker despite having right to substitute; Compulsory liquidation was not a special circumstances defence Topics covered in this bulletin: Direct offer before...
Autumn 2021 HR Budget Briefing Welcome to our 2021 HR Budget Briefing, summarising the key implications for employees and their employers of the UK Budget announced on 27 October 2021. When compared to the spending announcements trailed earlier this week, there was relatively little...
Employment Bulletin - October 2021 Right to request flexible working; Dismissal for criticising colleague about protected disclosure not automatically unfair; Correct approach to mutuality of obligation for employment status Topics covered in this bulletin: Government consultation on...
Employment protections on insolvency This briefing addresses six questions relating to the employment protections available to employees of insolvent companies in Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom.
Employment Bulletin - September 2021 Sexual harassment; Maintaining higher pay not a reasonable adjustment; National Disability Strategy; burden of proof in discrimination; Resignation from alternative employment could be constructive dismissal Topics covered in this bulletin: New duty...
Reinventing the 9 to 5: No 'Freedom Day' For Employers Now that 'Freedom Day' has come and gone, the challenge of returning to pre-COVID 19 working arrangements is far from over. In this briefing, Padraig Cronin, Philip Linnard, Lizzie Twigger and Clare Fletcher set out five key challenges facing...
Reinventing the 9 to 5: No 'Freedom Day' For Employers Now that 'Freedom Day' has come and gone, the challenge of returning to pre-COVID 19 working arrangements is far from over. In this briefing, Padraig Cronin, Philip Linnard, Lizzie Twigger and Clare Fletcher set out five key challenges facing employers in...
Reinventing the 9 to 5: In conversation with Standard Chartered Bank As businesses reshape their working patterns, Standard Chartered Bank was already ahead with their ‘Future Workplace, Now’ project. We sat down with Nicola Doran, Head of Employment Law Europe, Americas & AME at Standard Chartered, to discuss the...
Employment Bulletin - July 2021 Upcoming Employment Bill: latest developments; “Childcare disparity” assumed in discrimination claims; Executive entitled to bonuses for projects completed after redundancy; Gender critical beliefs were protected Topics covered in this...
Reinventing the 9-5 - Hybrid Working and Cyber Security Hybrid and home working has accelerated due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and Government research shows the cyber risk level for businesses is potentially higher than ever. In this video, part of our Re-inventing the 9-5 campaign, we flag some key...
Employment Bulletin - June 2021 Committee panel member was a worker; Formal employer and secondee company vicariously liable; employer cannot cure fundamental breach; Dismissal was not materially influenced by whistleblowing
The Pensions Regulator's New Teeth: How Might They Bite Lending Transactions? In their article, first published in the Butterworths Journal of International Banking and Finance Law (Vol.36 - No.4), Kathrine, Rhiannon, Richard and Rebecca outline how risks relating to DB pension scheme liabilities affect financing transactions, the...
Employment Bulletin - May 2021 Drivers were workers; Parliamentary debate on “fire and rehire”; Non-compete covenants for recruitment consultants; “last straw” constructive dismissal discriminatory; Statutory definition of “substantial
Reinventing the 9-5 series - Working from... where? And when? As we emerge from the latest COVID-19 lockdown in the UK, employers are taking many different approaches to their working patterns. In order to help businesses inform that choice, we have set out an overview of some of the legal issues employers need to...
Employment Bulletin - April 2021 Employment rates and limits; payment for taken but unpaid annual leave; store workers can use distribution workers as equal pay comparators; transfer of car on termination