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Employment Rights Bill unpacked: 'fire and rehire'
06 November 2024The Labour government’s new Employment Rights Bill, introduced in October 2024, seeks to severely restrict the controversial practice of ‘fire and rehire’. But what will this mean for employers in practice? We consider the issues in this article.
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Equality at work
Inbrief
05 November 2024Discrimination in the workplace is governed by the Equality Act 2010.This brings together into one place all of the equality laws that had developed over a number of years, including those based on EU law. It also covers discrimination in other areas such as the provision of goods, facilities and services. This lnbrief gives an overview of the law in an employment context.
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Winners and losers among internationally mobile employees
31 October 2024The Chancellor has announced changes to the income tax reliefs available to employees who carry out some or all of their duties overseas. While those changes will simplify the rules, employers and employees will need to consider the implications of the changes carefully as there will be winners and losers.
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End clients to take responsibility for umbrella company tax compliance
31 October 2024Umbrella companies won't have you covered from April 2026 - at least as regards employment taxes. The Chancellor has plans for a crackdown on non-compliance in umbrella companies which would make end clients and agencies responsible for PAYE and NICs compliance.
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New wave: family leave in the future
Podcast
31 October 2024Sarah McWhinney and Becs Peedell discuss what’s driving the focus on workplace support for new parents, why the shared parental leave system is broken and what some employers (including Lewis Silkin) are putting in place instead.
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Right to disconnect plan may erode firms' long-hour culture - James Davies comments for Law360
Press
31 October 2024James Davies comments on the right to disconnect and the potential impacts on firms' cultures.
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Tribunal finds legitimate purposes for direct offers to union members
30 October 2024An Employment Tribunal decision has provided helpful guidance for employers in determining whether making direct offers to their employees would be unlawful for the purpose of bypassing collective bargaining.
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Hong Kong: Unlocking Love: Could Tinder Leave Be the Key to Happier Employees in Hong Kong?
30 October 2024Two companies in Asia, Gushcloud International and Whiteline Group, are reportedly offering their employees a new type of benefit - ‘Tinder Leave’. This article explores what Tinder Leave is and whether it may benefit employees if employers introduced it in Hong Kong.
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Employment Rights Bill unpacked: Fair Work Agency
30 October 2024The Employment Rights Bill creates a new state enforcement agency for specific employment rights, including some major new enforcement powers. What is covered, and what will these new powers mean in practice? We explain what we know so far.
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How office birthday cards became a legal minefield - James Davies comments for The Telegraph
Press
28 October 2024Greetings cards have featured in several recent tribunals, throwing a spotlight on the growing sensitivity of workplace socialising.
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Employment Rights Bill unpacked: substantial changes to collective redundancies
24 October 2024Laws requiring employers to go through collective consultation and notify the government before making redundancies are in for a major shake-up, under the government’s plans. Our article looks at what’s changing and why it will have such a substantial impact.
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Northern Ireland ‘Good Jobs’: what did our stakeholders say and what impact will the Employment Rights Bill have?
24 October 2024The Labour government has now published its long-awaited Employment Rights Bill, which addresses many key issues raised under the recent ‘Good Jobs’ consultation in Northern Ireland. We recently reached out to stakeholders to share their views on some of these key proposals and review these results in light of changes announced in Great Britain and consider what is next For the 'Good Jobs' legislation.
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Employment Rights Bill unpacked: will guaranteed hours guarantee flexibility for both parties?
24 October 2024The Employment Rights Bill addresses Labour’s commitment to ending “one sided flexibility” with a new requirement for employers to offer qualifying workers “guaranteed hours”. We look at what the Bill sets out, what’s missing and what you need to do.
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Managing retirement and mandatory retirement ages in Ireland
23 October 2024A decision handed down by the Irish Supreme Court over the summer has been widely welcomed by employers and provides much needed clarity on whether the setting of a blanket contractual mandatory retirement age can be objectively justified.
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Workplace Wellbeing: Supporting women through perimenopause and menopause – Linda Hynes comments for the Irish Examiner
Press
22 October 2024In this article for the Irish Examiner, Linda Hynes highlights the importance of supporting women experiencing perimenopause and menopause in the workplace.
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The "Good Jobs" Employment Rights Bill Consultation - Labour Relations Agency podcast featuring Ciara Fulton
Podcast
18 October 2024In this podcast Ciara Fulton joins Labour Relations Agency, to look at the contents of the Department for the Economy's "Good Jobs" Employment Rights Bill consultation.
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In-House Employment Lawyers Coffee Break: Episode 11 – Employment Rights Bill
Podcast
17 October 2024Listen here for the latest developments and essential practical takeaways (short enough to fit into a coffee break!). Lawyers from our IHELC team will discuss key developments in employment law with our usual pragmatism and insight, a touch of humour and a sharp focus on the in-house lawyer’s perspective.
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Menopause and mental health: addressing the invisible symptoms
17 October 202418 October 2024 marks World Menopause Day. As the Employment Rights Bill brings this into the spotlight as a workplace priority, with the proposal that employers develop supportive action plans, we focus on the impact the menopause can have on mental health and the potential knock-on effects at work.
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Employment Rights Bill unpacked: day one unfair dismissal rights
17 October 2024How will the Employment Rights Bill change unfair dismissal law? And what - if anything - can employers do to prepare? Our article takes a deep dive into the issues.
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Employment Rights Bill unveiled
11 October 2024The much-hyped and long-awaited Employment Rights Bill has finally been published along with a Next Steps paper explaining how Labour is putting its Plan to Make Work Pay into practice. Here’s our take on the Bill and what it means for employers.