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Lewis Silkin mentioned in The Times Law Diary
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24 March 2017Lewis Silkin's latest immigration update: 'Don’t blink: The Immigration Rules are changing again' has been mentioned in Edward Fennell's Law Diary.
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New guidance on long-term sickness dismissals
23 March 2017The Court of Appeal has given some useful new guidance on the vexed question of when an employer can safely dismiss an employee who is on long-term sickness absence – although not all of the judges agreed with the result.
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Lewis Silkin announces launch of LS Live seminars for live events industry
Press Release
23 March 2017Top 100 UK law firm Lewis Silkin LLP has launched LS Live, a new seminar series which deals with legal issues in the live entertainment industry: from live music to theatre, experiential to sport, product launches to festivals, and exhibitions to one-off global events.
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Counterfeit kit: a fan’s own goal
22 March 2017Jeremy Summers has written an article for 'World Intellectual Property Review' (WIPR).
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CMA offers cash for whistleblowers
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Important new guidelines for advertising prices to UK consumers
17 March 2017The long-awaited Guidance for Traders on Pricing Practices was finally issued by the Chartered Trading Standards Institute (CTSi) in December 2016. The previous guidelines had been around since the old DTI published its first Code of Practice in 1988, with the last iteration published by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) in 2010. Although the BIS guidance has been withdrawn, traders have until April 2017 to comply with the new Guidance. The Guidance will apply to any advertisers targetting UK consumers, including advertisers based abroad.
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Dressing to impress - discriminatory appearance codes
17 March 2017Laura Farnsworth and Emma Langhorn have written an article for HR review on discriminatory appearance codes in the workplace.
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Don’t blink: The Immigration Rules are changing again
17 March 2017The Home Office published the latest Statement of Changes in the Immigration Rules yesterday, 16 March 2017. The changes take effect on 6 April 2017. We summarise here the changes that will affect you most.
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The risk for employers in bypassing collective bargaining
16 March 2017Where 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.
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Royal assent paves the way for Brexit
16 March 2017The Queen has this morning signed into law the European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill which was passed by MPs and peers on Monday.
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Guideline on reduction in sentence for a guilty plea
16 March 2017The Sentencing Council for England and Wales has issued a new guideline. It applies equally in magistrates’ courts and the Crown Court, to all individual offenders aged 18 and older, and to organisations, in cases where the first hearing is after May 31 2017, regardless of the date of the offence.
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Ask About... Retail, Fashion & Hospitality
16 March 2017Many of our clients in the retail, fashion and hospitality sector face similar HR issues. Each month one of the members of our team will identify an issue, ask how you would deal with it and provide our advice. This month we asked Lee..
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When is a ban on headscarves at work discriminatory?
16 March 2017The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has given its first ruling on the right to wear an Islamic headscarf at work, in two separate cases which both involved the dismissal of a Muslim employee for refusing to remove her headscarf in breach of the employer’s dress code.
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Ignorance isn't bliss... especially with illegal working
16 March 2017If you’re considering restructuring the service company which employs most of your staff, and that company holds your sponsorship licence, you may need to apply for a new sponsor licence and transfer your sponsored migrants accordingly.
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Top 5 GDPR issues for... retailers
15 March 2017The first in our series of Top 5 tips on GDPR. With the EU General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) looming on the horizon, we take a look at some of the key changes of how this legislation will affect retailers from 25 May 2018.
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Chancellor Philip Hammond’s consumer protection announcements
14 March 2017The Spring Budget is not usually an occasion for tackling the nitty-gritty of consumer protection, but last week the Chancellor promised a number of Government initiatives likely to impact upon consumer-facing businesses.
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Matthew Rowbotham comments for Essential Retail: Sharing is caring, and a bit daring – should you be preparing?
10 March 2017Matthew Rowbotham, Head of Tax, Reward and Incentives, takes a look at why e-tailers should consider employee ownership.
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Lewis Silkin advises Four Communications on its acquisition of Legend Engage
Deal
09 March 2017Lewis Silkin is a leading international law firm to creative agencies and has advised Four Communications, the independent integrated agency, on its acquisition of Legend Engage, a data and insights-led agency.
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Bonuses of contention: the treatment of incentive schemes in gender pay gap reporting
09 March 2017Carolyn Soakell blogs for Practical Law’s Employment Blog - Bonuses of contention: the treatment of incentive schemes in gender pay gap reporting
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You will NOT believe what the Chancellor did next!
09 March 2017Except of course, you probably will believe it. It’s a Budget, not an M Night Shyamalan film. And even by the standards of Budgets, it’s rare for a Chancellor to do as much as Philip Hammond has to set expectations for surprise and drama this low. In fact, some were surprised about some of the things the Chancellor didn’t do on, for example, self-employment. But we’re getting ahead of ourselves.