Mondaq

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Liz Truss has now been confirmed as the next UK prime minister. This article takes a look at some of the commitments that she has made so far and what her leadership could mean for employers and employees.

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Mondaq

JUNE 27, 2022

A recent piece of research reported in the Telegraph and Financial Times found that UK employment tribunal cases relating to workplace "banter" rose by 45 percent last year.

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JURIST

APRIL 17, 2024

The UK Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that part of the UK’s trade union laws are incompatible with the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). The post UK Supreme Court rules trade union laws breach human rights appeared first on JURIST - News.

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JURIST

JULY 3, 2023

The UK and Italy have plans to create a strategic migration partnership to tackle the increasing number of migrants crossing the Mediterranean, according to an exclusive report from the Telegraph on Friday. Public debate regarding UK immigration figures spiked again this past week due to a Court of Appeal ruling on the UK’s Rwanda plan.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

The UK Supreme Court held Tuesday that Deliveroo riders were not entitled to form a union and collectively bargain with Deliveroo for better working conditions due to a lack of employment relationship. After scrutinising the contract, it was affirmed that the riders were not in an employment relationship for the purposes of Article 11.

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Mondaq

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

The UN Climate Change Conference (COP 26) runs from 31 October to 12 November 2021 in Glasgow, under a UK presidency As governments seek to tackle the climate emergency with increasing urgency, employers too are considering how best to play their part.

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Mondaq

OCTOBER 5, 2021

The UK ICO's call for views is to help shape its new data protection and employment practices guidance and products, to help employers and staff comply with current data protection legislation when personal data is used.

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Mondaq

APRIL 29, 2021

In the first five months of 2021, the UK saw several pieces of news and policy updates that impact employers and talent in the country.

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JANUARY 11, 2024

UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced Wednesday that the government plans to introduce a new law to exonerate and compensate people wrongly convicted in the Post Office scandal. The Post Office scandal has been recognized as one of the most heinous miscarriages of justice in the UK.

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Mondaq

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Shepherd and Wedderburn has been ranked 23rd in a new list of the top UK employers for LGBTQ+ people.

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JANUARY 27, 2024

The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) published an exclusive report revealing that UK businessman Ian J. Stones’ various procedural rights and allowed the UK to visit him and sit in on the sentencing.” The post WSJ: Missing UK businessman convicted of espionage in China appeared first on JURIST - News.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 28, 2023

It aims to create protections for UK companies from bad actors who may commit acts of corporate crime such as fraud and money laundering. In particular, the bill that received Royal Assent creates a provision outlining newly imposed duties of employers concerning these workers’ protections.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

The Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) published its first gender pay gap report Tuesday, releasing data on nearly 5,000 private sector employers in Australia. According to WGEA CEO Mary Wooldridge, the target range for employers’ median gender pay gaps is between -5 percent and 5 percent.

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JURIST

AUGUST 4, 2023

Recently, legislative bodies in the UK , Canada , Australia and Sweden have opened groups to support and seek accountability for the plight of Shia Hazaras, as an example of such awareness campaigns. They often face exclusion from basic services, limited access to education, and restricted opportunities for employment.

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JURIST

JULY 6, 2022

Wong further claimed that she wasn’t paid for seven months after her arrival in the UK. Wong brought a suit against Basfar in an employment tribunal for unpaid wages and violations of employment rights. She was later paid a small fraction of her contractual entitlement in July 2017, but Basfar never paid her thereafter.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 3, 2021

A UK law firm, Mishcon de Reya, announced Thursday that it is bringing a representative suit against Google’s artificial intelligence (AI) subsidiary DeepMind Technologies over breach of data protection laws arising from DeepMind’s data-sharing arrangement with the Royal Free London National Health Service (NHS) Foundation Trust.

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JURIST

JULY 15, 2023

On Thursday, the UK High Court overturned a 2022 law that allowed businesses to hire temporary agency workers to fill staffing gaps because of strike action. The law repealed trade union laws that restricted employment businesses from hiring temporary agency workers to fill positions.

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JURIST

JULY 12, 2023

Previously, in September 2022, an independent UK-based tribunal found that Chinese authorities detained and tortured hundreds of thousands of Uyghurs in “re-education camps,” which have been characterized by some as concentration camps.

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Mondaq

MAY 14, 2022

Determining employment status for tax purposes to enable the correct payment of income tax and NICs on earnings has resulted in contractors and companies being involved in considerable head scratching.

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APRIL 25, 2023

UK Secretary of State for Health and Social Care Steve Barclay Monday announced he is taking legal action against upcoming strike actions organized by the Royal College of Nursing (RCN). As a result, NHS Employers contacted Barclay to intervene. The decision will determine if the strike action will go ahead on May 2.

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Mondaq

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

On 23 July 2021, the UK House of Commons Women and Equalities Committee opened an inquiry titled. The impact of menopause in the workplace has recently been in the spotlight.

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JURIST

JUNE 24, 2022

The UK Government Thursday announced a law to minimize the impact of strike action on businesses by authorizing the use of temporary staff. The government aims to reduce business disruption caused by strike action by “removing the restrictions on employment businesses supplying temporary workers to cover striking staff.”

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

Taxi app firm Uber must classify its drivers as workers , entitling tens of thousands of drivers to minimum wage and holiday pay, the UK Supreme Court held on Friday. 230(3) of the Employment Rights Act 1996 , a “worker” is anyone employed. (a) a) under a contract of employment or. (b)

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JURIST

DECEMBER 3, 2021

The UK is likewise conducting its own investigation through its own watchdog. The FTC is closely cooperating with competition agencies in the EU, UK, Japan and South Korea. Its Arm instruction set is at the core of practically all mobile processors that power smartphones, including Apple and Android devices that employ Qualcomm chips.

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JURIST

MARCH 28, 2021

The UK Supreme Court on Friday permitted shop floor workers of Asda, a major supermarket retailer in the UK, to compare their roles to the roles of their colleagues in distribution centres to claim equal pay. The case was initially heard by the Employment Tribunal. Following this, Asda appealed to the Supreme Court.

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Mondaq

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

The Gov't repealed restrictions which prevented temporary agency workers backfilling employees who take part in industrial action.

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Mondaq

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

With World Menopause Day approaching on 18 October 2021 and growing media interest in the topic, it is perhaps unsurprising that Employment Tribunal (ET) claims are increasingly citing issues concerning menopause.

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JUNE 3, 2022

Courts in other countries have taken issue with Uber’s employment structure. In February 2021, a UK high court ruled in favor of Uber drivers who sued in order to receive employee classification. The measure proposed classifying gig workers as independent contractors rather than employees.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

” Columnist David Sirota has this essay online at The Guardian (UK). Never mind the court’s wildly rightwing bent and secretive ‘shadow docket’ — or Barrett’s refusal to recuse herself from a case involving a fossil fuel giant that employed her father.”

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Mondaq

JUNE 22, 2022

We have recently published various posts relating to the Skilled Worker Visa, including Skilled Worker Visa Salary Rates and Skilled Worker Visa – Evidence of Recruitment.

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Mondaq

JUNE 9, 2022

As we approach the Queen's platinum jubilee celebrations, we open this month's bulletin with a review of the Queen's speech, delivered by the Prince of Wales on 10 May.

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Mondaq

MAY 18, 2022

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is a European legislation affecting all organisations that hold personal data on living individuals.

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Mondaq

MAY 10, 2022

Family businesses are an incredibly important part of commerce in the UK. From small father and son outfits to large organisations providing employment and development,

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Mondaq

AUGUST 8, 2022

‘Vicarious liability' is a principle which means that an employer may be responsible for the actions of their employees during the course of their employment.

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Mondaq

MARCH 2, 2022

Our case law reports this month focus on the issue of employment status and the employment rights which spring from an individual being found to be a worker.

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Mondaq

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

In our first article this month we report on the interesting case of Hope v British Medical Association in which the EAT considered whether a dismissal for raising a series of informal grievances and refusing to formalise them.

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Mondaq

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

As organisations try to find ways to reduce carbon emissions and adopt more sustainable practices, template employment contracts are probably not the first place you would think to look.

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