More than 3,500 workers have won a legal fight for equal pay against major UK retailer Next Retail Ltd. Following a six-year legal battle, the Employment Tribunal ruled that Next had failed to demonstrate that the lower basic...more
9/19/2024
/ Corporate Counsel ,
Employment Litigation ,
Employment Tribunals ,
Equal Pay ,
Equality Act ,
EU ,
EU Directive ,
Minimum Wage ,
Pay Transparency ,
Retailers ,
UK ,
Wage and Hour
On 24 September 2020, UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak announced new measures to support businesses and workers affected by the ongoing coronavirus crisis. The announcement came after UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson...more
The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) will gradually be tapered over the coming months until October 31, 2020, when it will no longer be effective. The CJRS has been a great support to many employers and their...more
The Government of the United Kingdom (UK) has launched a series of measures to tackle barriers facing ethnic minorities in the workplace. Part of its strategy is the introduction of mandatory ethnicity pay reporting....more
10/17/2018
/ Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Data Collection ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Equal Pay ,
Ethnicity ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
International Labor Laws ,
Minorities ,
Pay Equity Laws ,
Pay Gap ,
Reporting Requirements ,
UK ,
Wage and Hour