Royal Mail has successfully persuaded the United Kingdom’s Court of Appeal to uphold an injunction halting plans for a Christmas strike by postal service workers due to alleged breaches of the procedural requirements for...more
An airline has failed to convince the UK Court of Appeal that plans for a strike by its pilots should be halted because of alleged defects in the strike ballot notice produced by the relevant trade union. Although the airline...more
Following the launch of an enquiry in November 2018 examining the use of nondisclosure agreements (NDAs) where allegations of harassment or discrimination have been made by an employee, the UK Parliament’s Women and...more
The UK Supreme Court on July 3 issued its judgment in Tillman v Egon Zehnder Ltd, reversing the decision of the Court of Appeal and permitting the severance of a noncompete covenant, which prevented an employee from acquiring...more
The UK Court of Appeal (the CoA) issued its judgment on 13 June in the case of Kostal UK Ltd v Dale Dunkley and Others, which called into question the scope of S.145B of the Trade Union and Labour Relations Consolidation Act...more
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled on 14 May in Federacion de Servicios de Comisiones Obreras v Deutsche Bank SAE, which called into question the validity of member states’ implementation of the European Union’s...more
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has recently published its final guidance on statements of responsibilities, responsibilities maps, and its policy statement on the new FCA directory for financial services workers, ahead...more
The UK’s Government Equalities Office (GEO) published two sets of guidance on 8 February to help employers understand, address, and close their gender pay gap (GPG)....more
With an eye toward addressing the many complex issues inherent in the preparation and consideration of regulatory references, the UK Banking Standards Board has prepared draft guidance for firms that focuses on three...more
The Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service has provided more comprehensive guidance for employers giving employment references in the United Kingdom. Regulated firms are also subject to additional regulatory reference...more
Firms should establish implementation teams, create project plans, design procedures, and take several other measures to prepare for the new rules.
The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published three more...more
In the United Kingdom, gender diversity and equal pay have been hitting the headlines. Halfway through the UK's first gender pay reporting year and with less than six months to go until the deadline for publication of...more
The Equality Act 2010 (Gender Pay Gap Information) Regulations 2017 came into force on 6 April 2017, which require private businesses with at least 250 employees in the United Kingdom on the “snapshot date” of 5 April 2017 to...more
After a lengthy period of consultation, on 7 December 2016, the UK government published the revised draft Equality Act 2010 (Gender Pay Gap Information) Regulations 2017....more
The new law gives UK intelligence and law enforcement bodies sweeping surveillance powers.
The IPA was introduced in response to recommendations that David Anderson QC made, in his capacity as the Independent Reviewer of...more
In a key decision, the European Court of Justice has ruled that dynamic IP addresses may qualify as personal data in certain circumstances—ending years of uncertainty about whether such fundamental building blocks of the...more
10/26/2016
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The EU-US Privacy Shield became operational on August 1, 2016; a nine-month grace period for compliance with the onward transfer requirements applies for organizations that sign up to the Privacy Shield prior to October 1,...more
Following the United Kingdom’s nonbinding vote to leave the European Union (“Brexit”), what do businesses need to consider for data privacy compliance?...more
Passage of the Act facilitates two data-sharing agreements between the European Union and United States that will improve transatlantic business, privacy, and security.
On February 24, the Judicial Redress Act of 2015...more
The new EU-US Privacy Shield seeks to address the European Court of Justice’s criticisms in Schrems after the decision invalidated the Safe Harbor program for EU-US data transfers.
On February 29, the EU Commission...more
3/2/2016
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The potential that Britain will exit the European Union (“Brexit”) after an upcoming referendum on June 23 raises issues for employers.
The EU is a major source of current UK employment law. The laws relating to...more
As the June 23 referendum on Britain’s membership in the European Union looms, the potential that Britain will exit the European Union (“Brexit”) raises data privacy issues....more
The proposed regulations will require businesses to calculate their gender pay gap starting April 2017 and publish the details by April 2018.
On 12 February, the UK government published draft regulations that set out the...more
The pending legislation would authorize the US Department of Justice to designate foreign countries to allow the citizens of such countries to bring civil actions against certain US agencies to access, amend, or redress...more
A new personal data transfer agreement was announced on February 3, 2016 between EU and US authorities: the EU-US Privacy Shield will replace the invalidated Safe Harbor programme.
Since the landmark decision of the...more
2/4/2016
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