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Joanna Hunt writes for Freemovement: Will the Graduate Immigration Route live up to expectations?
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30 October 2019In an article for freemovement, Joanna Hunt discusses the new Graduate Immigration Route and whether it will live up to expectations.
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Home Office publishes Immigration Rules covering no-deal Brexit
28 October 2019On 24 October the Home Office laid a new Statement of Changes in Immigration Rules, to cover the situation where the UK leaves the EU on a no-deal basis, either on 31 October 2019 or at a later date.
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Judges are workers protected by whistleblowing law
22 October 2019The Supreme Court (“SC”) has ruled that judges are workers under whistleblowing legislation and so are protected from being treated badly for making a protected disclosure.
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Brexit: where are we now on immigration?
21 October 2019With uncertainty continuing over the Brexit process and how events in Parliament and the Courts may unfold over the coming days, we have taken the opportunity to provide a summary of the immigration implications of a deal and no-deal Brexit, as well as some action points for employers and individuals.
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Brexit deal – implications for employment law and workers’ rights
21 October 2019Boris Johnson is currently trying to get his Brexit deal through the UK Parliament. If he succeeds, what are the key implications for UK employment law and workers’ rights?
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Emma Richardson writes for Accountancy Age: Mental Wellbeing: How to build into a staff proposition to secure and retain talent
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21 October 2019Emma Richardson has written an article for Accountancy Age discussing why accountants need to be thinking about Mental health, and how to build into the proposition to secure and retain talent.
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Lucy Lewis comments for The Times: Equality watchdog calls time on gagging orders
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18 October 2019Lucy Lewis has commented in an article for The Times that discusses the news that Britain's equality watchdog has told employers that it is “calling time” on the use of controversial gagging orders in cases of alleged discrimination and harassment.
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New guidance on use of confidentiality agreements in discrimination cases
17 October 2019Guidance on the use of confidentiality agreements in discrimination, harassment and victimisation cases has been published by the Equality and Human Rights Commission (“EHRC”), covering both legal obligations and suggested good practice.
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Lewis Silkin’s employment litigation team shortlisted for award at Legal Week Commercial Litigation and Arbitration Awards
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15 October 2019Lewis Silkin is delighted to announce that its market leading employment litigation team led by Toni Lorenzo and Michael Anderson has been shortlisted for Employment, Pensions and Incentives Litigation Team of the Year at the Legal Week Commercial Litigation and Arbitration Awards.
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Naomi Hanrahan-Soar writes for Employment Law Journal: Is an Australian points-based system right for the UK?
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15 October 2019Naomi Hanrahan- Soar writes for Employment Law Journal on whether an Australian points-based system is right for the UK as the UK begins to rewrite its immigration rules for a post-Brexit era.
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Andrew Osborne comments for a range of news outlets: Lionel Messi could be 'banned from the UK if Barcelona draw an English team in the Champions League'
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09 October 2019Andrew Osborne has been quoted in articles for a range of news outlets discussing the news that Lionel Messi could be banned from travelling to the UK if Barcelona play an English side in the Champions League in the event of Brexit.
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Karen Baxter and Tom Heys write for Employment Law Journal: Neurodiversity and the workplace
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08 October 2019Karen Baxter and Tom Heys write for Employment Law Journal on the legal and practical issues around employing people with neurodivergent conditions.
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Rethinking retail therapy?
07 October 2019As part of our #ThisPlaceMinds campaign, we take a look at some of the workplace mental health challenges and solutions in the retail sector.
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Employment Lawyers Advising on Investigation Reports: Where Are the Boundaries?
07 October 2019It’s an everyday scenario for employment lawyers and HR professionals. A disciplinary investigation is carried out. A draft report is produced, and the (internal or external) employment lawyer is asked to review and advise on any amendments that might be made to the contents.
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Emma Richardson writes for Essential Retail: Tackling mental health in the eCommerce sector
07 October 2019Emma Richardson has written an article on Mental Health in the ecommerce sector for Essential Retail.
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Employee entitled to long-term disability benefits after TUPE transfer
02 October 2019The Employment Appeal Tribunal (“EAT”) concluded in a recent case that, following a TUPE transfer, an employee who was unfairly dismissed and suffered disability discrimination was entitled to compensation on the basis he would have been entitled to long-term disability benefits until death or retirement, had he not been dismissed.
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EU Acquired Rights Directive may apply to transfer of client investments to new firm
02 October 2019In a Slovenian case, the European Court of Justice (“ECJ”) has considered whether the EU Acquired Rights Directive (“ARD”) applied to a situation in which a stock market intermediary ceased operations, but gave its clients the option to transfer their financial instruments and other managed assets to another named intermediary.
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Responsibility for pay information transfers under TUPE
02 October 2019In a recent case, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (“EAT”) has ruled that the duty of an employer to keep and provide pay records under national minimum wage legislation transferred under TUPE from the transferor to the new employer.
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New application deadlines for Tier 1 Investors in Government bonds
30 September 2019There are new Immigration Rules in effect from 1 October 2019 which affect Tier 1 Investor migrants whose first grant of leave was made under the rules in place before 29 March 2019 and who have invested in UK Government bonds.
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Travel to the EEA for British citizens after a no-deal Brexit
26 September 2019Despite many of Brexit’s particulars remaining up in the air, with 31 October fast approaching it is crucial to be aware of a no-deal Brexit’s implications for British citizens intending to travel to the EEA.