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Data issues when tracking productivity with employees working from home
10 August 2022Linda Hynes has provided insight on the data issues that may occur when companies use technology to track productivity when working from home.
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The FIFA World Cup 2022 - Ambush Marketing and the Law
Inbrief
09 August 2022The FIFA World Cup stimulates a frenzy of marketing activity – both official and unofficial. Qatar 2022 is unlikely to be any different.
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Long Covid – what we know now
09 August 2022As a recent tribunal case concludes that “Long Covid” can be considered a disability under the Equality Act, research indicates that the condition is significantly impacting almost 3% of the population. This article explores what this means for employers.
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The climate emergency: the missing factor in remote working requests?
09 August 2022As the hot weather returns this week, tackling the climate emergency should be high on everyone’s agenda. But should employers give greater weight to the environment when deciding whether to say yes or no to an employee’s request to do their job remotely?
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Non-binary workers can be omitted from pay gap calculations - Síobhra Rush comments for The Irish Independent
Press
09 August 2022Employers can omit workers who do not identify as male or female when calculating their gender pay gap.
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Police registration requirement dropped for foreign nationals
05 August 2022The requirement for some foreign nationals to register with the police has been suspended with effect from at least 4 August 2022. The Home Office has not made an official announcement and the Immigration Rules have not been amended, however affected individuals are being contacted by the Home Office or police services directly.
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Ethnicity pay gap reporting at banks: Tom Heys comments for Sustainable Views
05 August 2022Ethnicity pay gap reporting at banks: Work still to do
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Future of Sport: Women in Football and Sports Media (with Jo Tongue and Charlotte Richardson)
05 August 2022In this final episode of Season 1, JJ Shaw is joined by Jo Tongue (CEO of Tongue Tied Management and licensed FA intermediary) and Charlotte Richardson (Football commentator, match reporter and presenter) – to discuss life in the football industry and sports media.
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Headquarter moves are not necessarily a headache
04 August 2022The change in the way that office space is used has been gathering significant momentum since the pandemic hit.
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Can you really bring your “whole life” to work?
03 August 2022The pandemic required many people’s personal and working lives to co-exist in a way they never had before. Caring responsibilities had to be accommodated alongside working life and the distinction between home and the workplace became blurred. But this has always been, and remains, a juggling act. We examine how much the law helps, or indeed hinders it.
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Employment law and immigration law: two awkward siblings
03 August 2022Employment law and immigration law are two distinct areas of law. On occasion, they meet each other and can create headaches for employers. We examine what happens when immigration law collides with discrimination law, unfair dismissal law and TUPE.
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Lewis Silkin has advised Sarah Raven’s Kitchen & Garden Limited on the acquisition of 100% of the shares of Rookery Farm Packing Limited
Deal
03 August 2022Lewis Silkin has advised its client, Sarah Raven’s Kitchen & Garden, on the acquisition of 100% of the shares of Rookery Farm Packing Limited, the plant nursery and order fulfilment service provider with which it has worked for thirteen years. The directors of Rookery Farm, David & Elaine Robinson, are staying on to manage the operation which employs some 50 permanent staff.
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FCA hopes its Consumer Duty will lead to major shift in financial services
02 August 2022The Financial Conduct Authority has confirmed its plans to introduce a new Consumer Duty. It says that this will fundamentally improve how firms serve consumers. It will set higher and clearer standards of consumer protection across financial services and require firms to put their customers’ needs first. The duty includes a new Consumer Principle that “a firm must act to deliver good outcomes for retail customers”.
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New sick leave legislation in Ireland – Independent.ie
Press Release
02 August 2022Niamh Crotty and Linda Hynes have written an article for the independent.ie on the new sick leave legislation that has recently been passed by the Oireachtas in Ireland.
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Going Live: Important Update about the Register of Overseas Entities
Inbrief
01 August 2022It is fair to say that the announcement made last week by Companies House stating the new Register of Overseas Entities is intended to go live on 1 August 2022 has come as quite a surprise to those in the professional world.
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Linda Hynes discusses hybrid and remote overseas working with RTE Radio 1 – Ireland
01 August 2022As the pandemic eases, it is clear that hybrid and remote overseas working is here to stay for a lot of working practices.
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Ireland: Implementation update on the Transparent and Predictable Working Conditions Directive
28 July 2022The EU Directive on Transparent and Predictable Working Conditions aims to improve employees’ working conditions by promoting more transparent and predictable employment. While Ireland hasn’t yet published draft legislation implementing the Directive, we look ahead to the changes that are likely to be introduced.
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Ireland: Remote working overseas
28 July 2022During the Covid-19 pandemic many employees asked if they could work from “home” from an overseas country. Similarly, employees from overseas countries asked if they could work remotely in Ireland. Two years on, these flexible working arrangements remain attractive to employees and employers may consider allowing employees to work remotely overseas. There are important legal and practical issues associated with these requests, which are explained in this note.
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Controversial NI Protocol Bill passed – EU turns up the heat by issuing further legal action against UK
27 July 2022Nothing that concerns Brexit and Northern Ireland (NI) was ever going to be straightforward, given the potentially divisive and disruptive nature of any arrangements relating to the latter in the context of trying to reach a deal on the former.
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Gender and ethnicity pay gap data and staff resistance – Tom Heys comments for FT Ignites Europe
Press
27 July 2022As staff become more aware and sensitive to the collection and use of their personal data it can cause diversity initiatives at companies to be stifled, or worse, falter entirely. Tom Heys, our gender and ethnicity pay gap reporting expert, comments for the FT Ignites Europe publication to explore the issue further.