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Employment Appeal Tribunal confirms narrow scope of “special circumstances” defence for not consulting on collective redundancies
28 October 2021In a case arising from the sudden collapse of the construction company Carillion, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has confirmed the narrow scope of the “special circumstances” defence that may be available if an employer has failed properly to consult on collective redundancies. Special circumstances must involve something “out of the ordinary” or “uncommon”, and a gradual financial decline leading to insolvency is unlikely to meet this test.
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Unions have no veto over changes to terms, Supreme Court confirms
28 October 2021In a landmark decision, the Supreme Court has confirmed that trade unions do not enjoy a veto over employers making direct offers to their members to change their terms and conditions of employment.
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Autumn Budget 2021: Welcome! Everything is fine.
28 October 2021The Chancellor has hit upon a canny trick. Make the difficult announcements a few weeks before your Budget speech so that when the spotlight is really on you can simply promise rainbows and puppy dogs for all. The Health and Social Care Levy announced in September which comes in from April 2022 year is expected to yield about £12.7bn next year. Factor in the associated bolt-on increase in dividend income tax and that’s extra tax of around £14bn. None of the decisions announced today come close to that sort of scale.
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Lewis Silkin recognised with top rankings in Chambers UK 2022 for Employment, Media and Entertainment: Advertising and Marketing, and Intellectual Property: Law Firms with Patent and Trade Mark Attorneys
Press
21 October 2021Lewis Silkin’s performance in the sector continues to improve following a strong performance in Legal 500, earning 69 individual and practice rankings – of which 6 are top tier practice rankings and 5 are new entries or improvements.
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Lewis Silkin levels up games practice with new legal director
20 October 2021LONDON – Lewis Silkin today announces the appointment of Nick Allan as a legal director to lead the firm’s growing practice in interactive entertainment.
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Landlords: don’t give away a penalty. Points to consider when preparing a rent concession agreement
20 October 2021Given that many tenants have been in acute financial difficulties as a result of the pandemic, we have seen a significant increase in rent concession (or other concessionary) side letters.
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Ireland: cautious approach to reopening workplaces continues
20 October 2021The Irish government has advised against a large-scale return to the workplace but rather is continuing with its encouragement of a “phased and cautious” return for specific business requirements.
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Home Office confirms important information for EU Settlement Scheme participants
19 October 2021The Home Office has recently made available important information for those who have already been granted immigration permission under the EU Settlement Scheme (EUSS), as well those who were resident in the UK by 31 December 2021 and are yet to make a EUSS application, or who have one in process.
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Data breach litigation decision signals less Warren more peace for victim organisations
15 October 2021Data breaches have a long tail and organisations can’t hang up their hats once an incident has been remediated and regulatory interactions about said incident concluded. Instead, they have to prepare for the inevitable wave of identikit and (for the most part) low-to-no value claims which follow.
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Adoption and employment law
14 October 2021Our article rounds up the key employment law rights applicable to adoptive parents ahead of National Adoption Week, which takes place next week from 18-23 October.
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Barking mad? Why pets-at-work policies can stem the workforce exodus - Sophie Jamieson and Vince Toman comment for International Employment Lawyer
14 October 2021The Great Resignation is not a complicated phenomenon to understand. After more than 18 months of lockdowns and remote working, millennial and Gen-Z employees, in particular, have realised that financial incentives alone are not enough to keep them in jobs they do not enjoy, working for employers they do not like or whose values they do not share.
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Gender pay gap reporting - analysing the 2020 results
13 October 2021Employers had until 5 October 2021 to publish their gender pay gap statistics relating to April 2020. What have we learned from the results?
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Using the International Agreement visa route to sponsor contractual service suppliers
12 October 2021The latest Statement of Changes in Immigration Rules rebrands the T5 International Agreement route as the International Agreement route from 9 am on 11 October 2021. In this article, we look at how the route can be used to bring contractual service suppliers to the UK, and which business scenarios may benefit from it.
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Lewis Silkin advises Sideshow Group on its acquisitions of Catch Digital and Widerfunnel Marketing Inc.
Deal
12 October 2021Lewis Silkin has advised Sideshow Group, the award-winning independent digital agency, on its acquisitions of Catch and Widerfunnel. Together with the acquisition of TRGT in July, Sideshow have announced three acquisitions since Waterland Private Equity made a significant investment in February. These demonstrate that the Sideshow Group is following through on its ambitions to become a global challenger in digital experience and marketing services, and we are delighted to support those ambitions.
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Restructuring the workplace post Covid-19 - FAQs for employers
11 October 2021As the furlough scheme has now ended, some employers are focused on cost-saving measures in the face of ongoing economic challenges.
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“A net from which there is no escape”: takeaways from recent cases on dishonesty and conspiracy
11 October 2021The case of Lakatamia Shipping Co Limited v Nobu Su is one of a number of recent judgments to grapple with questions of honesty and credibility.
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Ireland: How to manage: Companies must address the need for a menopause workplace policy - Linda Hynes writes for the Business Post
11 October 2021What are the implications if companies fail to address the issue of menopause?
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Droit du travail dans le cadre des fusions et acquisitions — réponses à dix questions
Inbrief
11 October 2021Dans les fusions et acquisitions (F&A), il peut être difficile de s’y retrouver entre les exigences et les ramifications juridiques de la transaction. Cette publication répond aux dix principales questions que les vendeurs et les acheteurs doivent prendre en compte en matière du droit du travail dans les transactions F&A.
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Coronavirus – FAQs on staffing decisions when reopening workplaces
11 October 2021Employers are facing many employment law issues as the guidance on working safely during the Covid-19 pandemic continues to evolve. These FAQs cover specific issues in relation to deciding which employees should stay at home and what happens if employees do not want to come to work.
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Employment law and the current recruitment crisis
07 October 2021As resourcing becomes more challenging, we explore the employment law and immigration considerations arising from the current recruitment crisis.