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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.
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What’s in the Employment Rights Bill?
11 October 2024Our latest dashboard breaks down what’s in the Employment Rights Bill and what’s not, showing how these reforms could transform employment law.
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Digital, Commerce & Creative 101: How can IT system integrations be delivered on time and on budget?
11 October 2024Whether driven by the need to replace legacy systems, add new functionality, join-up applications or get new products to market, systems integration projects are usually time sensitive, costly and inherently complex. If not managed correctly, they risk going over budget, being delayed and/or not meeting business requirements. In this latest instalment of our 101 series, we discuss five common issues and ways to de-risk them.
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Baby Loss Awareness Week: how to support your employees
11 October 2024Baby Loss Awareness Week will be recognised in the UK from 9 to 15 October 2024. We consider what support can be provided to employees impacted by pregnancy and baby loss.
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Lewis Silkin has acted for Engineered Foam Products Limited
10 October 2024Engineered Foam Products Limited acquire Springvale EPS
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MAC call for evidence on financial requirements for family visas
09 October 2024The Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) is currently undertaking a review of the financial requirements for family visa routes. There is currently an open call for evidence, through which stakeholders can provide their perspectives on the minimum income requirement and adequate maintenance test. If you wish to respond, either as an individual or representative of an organisation, you will need to do so by 11 December 2024.
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The consequences of minimum salary corrections on visa sponsorship in work routes
09 October 2024New Immigration Rules contain salary corrections to specific occupation codes eligible for Skilled Worker, Scale-Up and Global Business Mobility visa sponsorship. The Home Office pre-warned sponsors of salary reductions, but they did not announce that there would also be salary increases.
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Winning the talent war in Hong Kong
09 October 2024The last three years has seen a seismic shift not only in the way employees want to work in Hong Kong but also in the labour pools which are available to employers. Post-covid remote working, an ageing workforce, an exodus of expatriates and Hong Kongers leaving following the implementation of the National Security Law and a general skills shortage means competition in Hong Kong is fierce and employers are having to strategise on how to address the issue of talent and staff retention to remain competitive.
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Digital, Commerce & Creative 101: Liability clauses: getting them right!
09 October 2024In a competitive economy where profit margins can be ‘thin’, it is important for suppliers to de-risk their potential exposure, and conversely, for customers, to ensure that they have adequate recourse if things don’t go to plan! Liability clauses are a common feature of contracts as they allow parties to apportion liability and to ensure that the risk/reward works for both parties – sometimes this context is forgotten.
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Avoiding pitfalls when making an in-country UK visa application
07 October 2024Travelling outside the UK while awaiting an immigration decision can have serious repercussions for those hoping stay beyond the expiration of their current leave. In this article, we explain some of the issues and highlight how to ensure your application for permission to stay is effectively considered by the Home Office.
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How to ‘opt-out’ your images from use in AI training: German court considers the EU text and data mining copyright exceptions
07 October 2024The District Court of Hamburg has recently considered a dispute involving a professional stock image photographer Robert Kneschke, who discovered that links to some of his photographs had been included in a generative AI training dataset released by the German non-profit LAION.
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Temporary reduction in biometric appointments for in-country UK visa applications during October
04 October 2024You may already be aware of the upcoming change to the commercial partner for UK Visa and Citizenship Application Services (UKVCAS), but you may not know about the reduction of available biometric appointments during October 2024. Here’s what you need to know.
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Dates announced for UK Electronic Travel Authorisation expansion
04 October 2024If you are a business inviting visitors to the UK or an individual visiting (or transiting through) the UK, you may be affected by the UK’s recently-announced plans to expand its electronic travel authorisation (ETA) scheme for non-visa nationals.
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Changing European immigration requirements will impact British travellers
03 October 2024If you are a British traveller planning to visit or transit through the Schengen area, you may soon be affected by upcoming European immigration requirements, including the Entry/Exit System (EES) and the European Travel Information and Authorisation System (ETIAS). This article explains the timing and impact of the EES for travellers, businesses and UK transport terminals, as well as providing an update on ETIAS.
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Are employees in Ireland entitled to an appeal in a redundancy process?
03 October 2024A recent decision from the Workplace Relations Commission in Ireland shines light on the issue of appeals in a redundancy process. We look at what this means for employers and the importance of fair procedures and, in particular, an organisation following its own internal policies and procedures in a redundancy process.
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Cabinet Office publishes report on the National Security and Investment Act 2021 regime
30 September 2024On 10 September 2024 the Cabinet Office published the National Security and Investment Act 2021: Annual Report 2023-2024 (“Report”) on the operation of the regime laid down by the National Security and Investment Act 2021 (“NSIA”). This is the third annual report on the operation of the NSIA regime covering the year from 1 April 2023 to 31 March 2024 (“reporting period”).
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Beyond borders: Comparative Table of employment law in Great Britain, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland
30 September 2024Do you need to stay up-to-date with employment law developments across Great Britain, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland? If so, our updated Comparative Table will be a handy reference guide.
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Two recent cases in Ireland apply new Supreme Court test for determining employment status
27 September 2024In two recent cases, we see how the Workplace Relations Commission in Ireland has applied the new five-step test formulated by the Supreme Court last year for determining employment status. The cases highlight the risks associated with engaging self-employed contractors and the importance of carefully reviewing workplace arrangements to avoid misclassification claims.
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New duty to prevent sexual harassment in the workplace
26 September 2024We all want to work in a harassment-free environment – but sexual harassment still happens far too often. What can and should employers do to prevent it?
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EHRC finalises guidance on how to prevent sexual harassment
26 September 2024The new legal duty to prevent sexual harassment is “designed to transform workplace cultures”, according to guidance published by the Equality and Human Rights Commission today ahead of the law changing next month. We look at what employers are expected to do to comply.