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Achieving gender parity in the UKs top companies a mixed picture

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The Government-backed FTSE Women Leaders Review has been released for the third year, with the results showing promising progression in the appointment of women to boards (with the 40% target for women on boards achieved in...more

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UK Corporate Briefing - March 2024

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Welcome to the Corporate Briefing, where we review the latest developments in UK corporate law that you need to know about. In this month’s issue, we discuss...more

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Alumni Yearbook - A responsible business

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Change is becoming one of the few certainties at Allen & Overy as it adapts to the ever-developing consequences of globalism, technology and human resources. As a responsible business at the forefront of innovation, we have...more

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The world needs different

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Becoming a truly diverse and inclusive organisation remains a top priority, as A&O adds disability and social mobility to its focus....more

White & Case LLP

Diversity on UK Boards

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Increased focus from investors, regulators, and employees on racial, ethnic and gender diversity has heightened scrutiny of public companies' commitments to diversity in their workforce and in particular on their boards. ...more

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Women in the Workplace: What’s changed (and changing) in the UK and Europe

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Recent evidence suggests that progress towards gender parity has slowed and that the gender gap has in fact widened since the pandemic. This article highlights some key legal developments in the UK and Europe that are...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Monthly Highlights – UK Employment Law – March 2023

In this month’s instalment, our team highlight key updates to UK Gender Pay Gap Reporting, provide an overview of the increased limits on tribunal awards and the new “Vento Bands”, both coming into effect on 6 April 2023. We...more

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Women Coming on Board in the UK

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On 28 February, 2023 the FTSE Women Leaders Review (the "Review") published its second report (the "2022 Report") on progress in the UK towards meeting its December 2025 target of FTSE 350 companies having at least 40% female...more

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California Law Requiring Female Directors on Public Company Boards Held Unconstitutional

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Ruling Follows Similar Decision on Underrepresented Minority Directors in April 2022 - A California court has held that California Senate Bill 826, which required that “publicly held” corporations that listed a California...more

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FCA Finalises Rules to Improve Transparency Around Diversity of Boards and Executive Management

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The new rules provide issuers with flexibility to report on representation of women by reference to either gender identity or sex. On 20 April 2022, the FCA published its final policy decision on the proposals set out in...more

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UK HR Two Minute Monthly - February 2022

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Our February update covers key employment law developments from January 2022. It also includes recent cases on gross misconduct/lodging multiple and vexatious grievances, if a “franchisee” delivery driver with rights of...more

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Gender Pay Gap Reporting: Organisations Granted Six-Month Grace Period

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As businesses continue to grapple with the effects of the pandemic in the spring of 2021, the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has granted companies a six-month extension to report their gender pay figures. ...more

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Gender pay gap reporting update

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Enforcement of the obligation on UK employers of the requisite size to file gender pay gap reports was suspended in respect of 2019/20 due to the Covid-19 outbreak. The obligation to comply with the applicable gender pay gap...more

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Equalisation of Guaranteed Minimum Pensions (GMPs): What About Transfers Out?

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A further judgment from the High Court has clarified what pension schemes must do in relation to previous transfers out after 17 May 1990 (the date of the Barber decision) where the transferring member had a right to a...more

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Gender is a Spectrum: Landmark UK Ruling Expands the Equality Act

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A UK employment tribunal has decisively expanded cleared years of ambiguity surrounding the definition of “gender-reassignment” in the Equality Act to include non-binary gender identities. The Equality Act of 2010 protects...more

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The Impact of COVID-19 on Gender Pay Equality in the UK Workplace

In May 2020, the United Kingdom welcomed the 50th anniversary of the Equal Pay Act 1970, which was enacted to ensure the equal treatment of men and women in terms of pay and the conditions of employment. However, in recent...more

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

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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

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I Catch the Fish, You Cook the Fish, The Only Time We’re Together is When We Eat the Fish: Banning Gender Stereotypes in Ads

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Women in the kitchen and men in the wilderness. An ad concept as old as time. But has its time come? The U.S. has traditionally taken a hands-off approach to regulating “traditional” gender-stereotyping in ads. But this week,...more

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UK Gender pay gap – where are we now?

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In early April the deadline passed for large UK employers to report on their gender pay gap (GPG). This is the first chance we have had to compare employers’ pay gap figures with previous years, putting new pressure on...more

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Equalising for the effects of GMPs - Briefing for pension schemes following the Lloyds Bank case

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In a landmark decision which will impact most defined benefit (DB) pension schemes in the UK, the High Court held on 26 October 2018 that pension schemes must equalise for the effect of guaranteed minimum pensions (GMPs)...more

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Your Daily Dose of Financial News

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Though he was apparently ready to go with his “verbal agreement with the Saudis” defense, Elon Musk capitulated to pressure “from his lawyers and investors of Tesla” and agreed to resolve all SEC allegations of wrongdoing,...more

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Mind The Gap? What Do The UK Pay Disclosures Really Tell Us?

1. Mandatory reporting under the methodology required by the government indicates some large pay gaps. What does that mean? As of 17 April 2018, 10,364 employers had published their gender pay gap figures. What have we...more

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Mind the gap across the Atlantic – the gender pay gap in the UK and the US

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Lorraine Heard, legal director at Womble Bond Dickinson (UK) LLP, sets out the background to the new legal requirement that obliges large UK employers to report their gender pay gaps. Theresa Sprain, partner at Womble Bond...more

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UK Diversity Matters: The Gender Pay Gap and Gender Equality at Work

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More than ever, issues of gender equality and pay and sex discrimination in the workplace are at the forefront of public consciousness. Against the backdrop of significant momentum behind the #MeToo movement and other gender...more

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UK Builds on Gender Pay Gap Regulations with Enforcement Proposal

On 19 December 2017, the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) proposed a draft plan for enforcement action in relation to The Equality Act 2010 (Gender Pay Gap Information) Regulations 2017. Consultation on the...more

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