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A recent Employment Appeal Tribunal case has looked at the role and influence HR teams can play when advising dismissing and investigating officers on handling disciplinary matters (Ramphal v Department...
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The European Court of Human Rights (“ECHR”) has today set down a judgment in the case of Bărbulescu v Romania, with a finding that the employer’s monitoring of the employee’s...
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Christmas Day has been the biggest day of the year for online and app downloads in recent years, as users set up the new devices they’ve received as presents, and...
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The following story highlights the sorts of scenarios that we see where clients come to us asking for advice on how to resolve problems with their fellow shareholders in circumstances...
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Before the first bottle has even been popped, this time of year always brings headaches for employers and HR managers about the impending office Christmas party. As with all HR...
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The most recent figures show that in the UK there is 19% difference between the salaries earned by men and women. The government has now announced that it will be...
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From January 2016, UK Companies will be required to create and maintain a ‘register of people with significant control’ over it. This “PSC register” is a new statutory register that...
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Having received Royal Assent on the 26th March 2015, The Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 (“Act”) makes significant changes to UK company law, impacting companies of all sizes....
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On 18 August, the Information Commissioner’s Office served an enforcement notice on Google Inc. in the latest chapter of the ‘right to be forgotten’ saga. The ‘right to be forgotten’...
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What should a landlord do on discovering that its tenant has made an unauthorised assignment of its lease to a third party without the landlord’s prior knowledge or consent? Unfortunately,...
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Employers will need to review circumstances for obese employees whose weight is causing them problems in the workplace, following a landmark ruling by the European Court of Justice. The Court...
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The Working Time Regulations 1998 (WTR) provide for a basic entitlement to a total of 5.6 weeks’ paid annual leave in each leave year, in order to benefit the health...
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