On 10 October 2024, the UK government published its Employment Rights Bill. This bill includes many of the measures previously set out in the Labour Party’s “Plan to Make Work Pay” and the King’s Speech. See our July 2024 UK...more
10/15/2024
/ Employer Liability Issues ,
Gender Equity ,
Hiring & Firing ,
International Labor Laws ,
Labor Reform ,
Legislative Agendas ,
New Legislation ,
Paid Leave ,
Pay Transparency ,
UK ,
Wage and Hour ,
Wrongful Termination
In this issue, we discuss upcoming regulatory changes as well as recent court decisions with far-reaching implications, including case law on the need to replace share awards on a TUPE transfer and a UK Supreme Court ruling...more
2/7/2024
/ Compensation ,
Employees ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Litigation ,
Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) ,
EU ,
Harassment ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Holiday Pay ,
International Labor Laws ,
Maternity Leave ,
Paid Family Leave Law ,
Paid Leave ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Sexual Harassment ,
UK ,
UK Supreme Court ,
Wage and Hour ,
Whistleblowers
This issue of the UK Employment Flash looks at the latest employment law developments and insights about employment law in the U.K., including an exploration of the potential relationship between artificial intelligence and...more
In this issue, we explore recent employment law developments, news and insights in the UK, including injunctive relief granted in USDAW v Tesco, practical solutions when a contract for services is split among new providers,...more
In this issue, we examine the latest employment law developments, news and insights from the U.K., including a Supreme Court decision on when pay offers to union members outside the collective bargaining process are unlawful,...more
In this issue, we examine the latest employment law developments, news and insights from the UK, including an HMRC bulletin confirming protections for participation in certain tax-advantaged share schemes amid the pandemic, a...more
11/20/2020
/ Collective Redundancies Directive ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Data Protection ,
Employee Monitoring ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
HMRC ,
Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) ,
International Labor Laws ,
Job Retention Schemes ,
Joint Statements ,
No-Deal Brexit ,
UK ,
Wage and Hour
Investors have historically overlooked social factors amid a focus on the environmental and governance counterparts as they assess the merit of an investment. This may have been due in part to the difficulty in quantifying...more
10/31/2020
/ Black Lives Matter ,
Board of Directors ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Corporate Social Responsibility ,
Diversity ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
EU ,
Executive Compensation ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Gender-Based Pay Discrimination ,
Incentive Awards ,
Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) ,
Investors ,
Modern Slavery Act ,
Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Remuneration ,
Shareholder Activism ,
Supply Chain ,
UK ,
United States ,
Wage and Hour ,
Working Conditions ,
Workplace Safety
In this issue of UK Employment Flash, we examine the latest employment law developments, news and insights from the UK, including the Court of Appeal's ruling regarding pay for fathers or other caregivers taking shared...more
8/13/2019
/ Appeals ,
Blue Pencil Contract Modification ,
British Airways ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Data Breach ,
Diversity ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Contract ,
Employment Litigation ,
Enforcement Actions ,
EU ,
European Court of Justice (ECJ) ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
International Labor Laws ,
Labor Regulations ,
Maternity Leave ,
Non-Compete Agreements ,
Parental Leave ,
Paternity Leave ,
UK ,
UK ICO ,
Wage and Hour ,
Working Time Regulations