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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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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.
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Football referees employees not self-employed, says Court of Appeal
07 October 2021The Court of Appeal has allowed HM Revenue & Customs’ appeal against a decision that there was insufficient mutuality of obligation and control for football referees to be treated as employees for tax purposes.
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Flexible working proposals published – but is practice outpacing the law? Carolyn Soakell writes for HR news
Press
07 October 2021The UK government has at last released its proposals for flexible working reform, which have been expected since the Conservative Party published its 2019 manifesto for the general election.
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Ads & Brands Law Digest: September 2021
06 October 2021Welcome to the September 2021 issue of our monthly Ads & Brands Law Digest.
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Lewis Silkin's Dispute Resolution team signs the Greener Litigation Pledge
06 October 2021As part of Lewis Silkin’s ongoing commitment to sustainability, its Dispute Resolution team announces it has signed the Greener Litigation Pledge, an initiative aiming to reduce the environmental impact of litigation.
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A customer refused to pay full price. Can we make them? Frances Simm writes for The Times
06 October 2021We’ve started supplying a new customer under our standard contract terms, but when they had our goods they demanded we accept a lower price and wouldn’t return what we’d sent. We were relying on their payment to meet some other costs so we accepted payment at the lower price. Is there anything we can do?
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Lessons in remote offboarding as furlough ends and “Great Resignation” takes hold: Laura Farnsworth comments for International Employment Lawyer
Press
05 October 2021This week the Spanish government reached a deal with unions and industry groups to extend the nation’s furlough programme until February 2022. The new deal represents the sixth extension to the scheme since Spain imposed its first lockdown in March 2020 and covers approximately 270,000 workers.
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Future of Sport: Recast and the future of sports media rights (with Andy Meikle and Rob Zeko)
04 October 2021In this episode, our host JJ Shaw is joined by Andy Meikle (CEO & Founder of Recast) and Rob Zeko (Chief Commercial Office of Recast).
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Lewis Silkin receives tier 1 ranking in Legal 500 UK 2022 for Employment, M&A and Media and Entertainment
Press
01 October 2021Lewis Silkin continues to receive strong recognition in the latest Legal 500 UK guide released yesterday, earning 67 individual lawyer and practice rankings – of which 7 are top tier practice rankings, 3 were new entries and 7 were improvements on last year.
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Carers to have the right to one week of unpaid leave
30 September 2021The government has confirmed that carers will have a new right to one week of unpaid leave each year to carry out caring responsibilities. Any employees hoping to exercise the right soon will, however, be disappointed that legislation will only be introduced when “parliamentary time allows”.