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Free trade and controlling free movement - can the UK and the EU square the circle (18 months on)?

05 July 2018

The Brexit rollercoaster continues to rattle along as we hurtle towards 29 March 2019, the projected date for the UK to leave the EU.

Too hot to handle? What employers need to know about the heatwave

04 July 2018

There’s nothing Brits like more than talking about the weather and this year we’ve had a lot to discuss. Just a few months ago, the country was shivering in sub-zero temperatures, brought from Siberia by the “beast from the east”. Now that seems like a distant memory and we’re enjoying one of the hottest summers on record.

The risk for employers in bypassing collective bargaining

16 March 2017

Where an employer has recognised a trade union for collective bargaining purposes, can it still put an offer directly to its employees? This was the thorny issue for consideration in a recent Employment Tribunal decision.