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The Employment Edit – Issue 9 – July 2024

New Labour Government’s proposed changes to employment law in the UK - Following the general election, with the Labour Party now in power, significant changes to employment law are expected. The Government’s first step has...more

The Employment Edit - Issue 8 - Spring 2024

New right to take carer’s leave - The Carer's Leave Act 2023 and The Carer’s Leave Regulations 2024 give employees in the UK a new right to take “carer’s leave” with effect from 6 April 2024. An employee who has a...more

Navigating the Shift: The Future of Non-Compete Clauses

At Dechert, we have been closely monitoring legal developments with respect to the use of non-competes and other restrictive covenants and have observed a growing trend in the United States, the United Kingdom and France...more

The Employment Edit - Issue 7 - Winter 2023

Welcome to the seventh edition of The Employment Edit – a summary of the most important recent cases and news affecting employers in the UK. We hope you find this newsletter helpful and informative....more

Clawback Provisions and Restraint of Trade

In a welcome decision for employers, in Steel v Spencer Road LLP the High Court has upheld as enforceable a clause requiring an employee to repay a significant bonus following his resignation. A clause in Mr Steel’s...more

Employee’s Right to Participate in a Share Incentive Plan Transfers Under TUPE

In Ponticelli Limited v Gallagher, the Scottish appeal court, the Court of Session (CS) found that an employee’s right to participate in a Share Incentive Plan (SIP) transferred under TUPE, even though it was not referred to...more

Key Developments for Employers in the UK - Issue 06

Government scales back the proposed revocation of EU law bill and announces changes to the Working Time Regulations, TUPE and non-compete clauses - In previous editions of the Edit we reported on the proposals in The...more

The Employment Edit - Issue 5 - Spring 2023

Welcome to the fifth edition of The Employment Edit – a summary of the most important recent cases and news affecting employers in the UK. We hope you find this newsletter helpful and informative...more

Key Developments for Employers in the UK - Issue 4

Welcome to the fourth edition of The Employment Edit – a summary of the most important recent cases and news affecting employers in the UK. We hope you find this newsletter helpful and informative. In this edition we look at:...more

Key Developments for Employers in the UK - Issue 3

Welcome to the third edition of The Employment Edit – a summary of the most important recent cases and news affecting employers in the UK. We hope you find this newsletter helpful and informative....more

Key Developments for Employers in the UK Winter 2021 – Issue 2

In Martin v London Borough of Southwark, a teacher had raised a number of concerns with his employer that he and other teachers were working excessive hours. He brought a whistleblowing claim arguing that he had suffered a...more

Dechert’s London Employment Team – The Employment Edit - Autumn 2021

Dechert's London Employment Team is pleased to present The Employment Edit, Autumn 2021 – a summary of the most important recent cases and news affecting employers in the UK. We hope you find this newsletter helpful and...more

Is Your Diversity and Equality Training Good Enough?

In this OnPoint we report on a recent Employment Appeal Tribunal decision which demonstrates why conducting regular, and good quality, diversity and equality training is vital. Introduction - When an employee commits an act...more

UK Life Sciences and Healthcare Newsletter - March 2021: Granting Incentives Under U.S. Plans to UK-based Executives

One of the most effective ways to incentivise staff, in particular senior employees, is to offer them the opportunity to purchase stock or shares in a group company. U.S. companies often operate stock and other incentive...more

UK Life Sciences and Healthcare Newsletter - March 2021: Future Fund: Breakthrough

Following the successful run of the government-backed Future Fund, the British Business Bank has announced that it is set to launch a further fund for development, Future Fund: Breakthrough. This scheme is set to provide up...more

Mitigation of Loss in Employment Claims

Introduction - In this OnPoint we report on a recent Employment Appeal Tribunal decision which provides a useful reminder of the need for employers to consider mitigation of loss at an early stage when preparing for...more

UK Life Sciences and Healthcare Newsletter: Market News

Recent notable industry transactions. Royal Philips announced that it has agreed to acquire Capsule Technologies, Inc., a provider of medical device integration and data technologies for hospitals and healthcare...more

UK Life Sciences and Healthcare Newsletter: Regulatory Updates

MHRA updates post-transition guidance Since 31 December 2020, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has been updating various aspects of the regulatory regime for medicines and medical devices...more

Newsflash – Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme – Notice Period Wages No Longer to be Covered

In keeping with its tradition of issuing updates to the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (“CJRS”) on Fridays, the guidance issued earlier this week on the extended CJRS has been amended this evening in relation to the...more

Another – Longer – Extension to the Furlough Scheme

The Government announced shortly after midday Thursday that the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) is now extended until 31 March 2021....more

COVID-19 Coronavirus Business Impact – health and safety consultation and return to the workplace

Whilst employers are currently putting immense time and effort into making arrangements for the safe return of staff to the workplace following lockdown, they should not lose sight of the importance of consultation with their...more

COVID-19 Coronavirus Business Impact: Enforcement of UK Gender Pay Gap Reporting Suspended

In another step designed to relieve burdens on business during the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, it was announced last week that enforcement of the obligation on UK employers of the requisite size to file gender pay gap...more

COVID-19 Coronavirus Business Impact: Effective remote working during the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic

As many employers and their staff become more settled into drastically increased levels of home working during the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic, thought needs to be given on an ongoing basis to ensuring that homeworking is...more

COVID-19 Coronavirus Business Impact: UK Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme – What We Do and Don’t Know So Far

On Friday 20 March 2020, Rt Hon Rishi Sunak MP, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, announced in broad outline the UK’s Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme. As he described the scheme in his statement...more

Managing employees who cannot work remotely during the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic

Whilst Government advice is constantly evolving and homeworking has become widespread as a response to the spread of COVID-19 coronavirus, the nature of an employer’s business may mean that homeworking is not always...more

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