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Brexit: practical implications By Mathew Rutter Our views and guidance on the implications of Brexit for the business community.
GDPR – European General Data Protection Regulation By Rhiannon Webster The European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into force on 25 May 2016. A rewrite of European data protection law, the GDPR imposes comprehensive and far reaching obligations. With enforcement after two years, companies need to be…
Employment Matters - Financial Services - January 2021 By Zoë Wigan DAC Beachcroft's Employment Matters focuses on some of the most interesting cases and events occurring within the Employment Law sector.
Future Changes: What to expect in 2021 - Financial Services By Zoë Wigan THE FACTS Unsurprisingly in the context of the pandemic, the Government’s legislative agenda for 2021 may evolve. Below are the changes we expect to happen in 2021, with some potential developments, and our pick of upcoming cases and judgments.
Future Changes: What to expect in 2021 By Zoë Wigan THE FACTS Unsurprisingly in the context of the pandemic, the Government’s legislative agenda for 2021 may evolve. Below are the changes we expect to happen in 2021, with some potential developments, and our pick of upcoming cases and judgments.
Furlough Developments By Zoë Wigan a. Gender Pay Gap Reporting: Government Equality Office sets out approach to furloughed employees Furloughed employees should be treated as being “on leave” for gender pay gap reporting purposes unless their pay is topped up.
Employment Tribunals: Recent changes to early conciliation and current guidance on tribunal hearings By Zoë Wigan On 1 December 2020, the rules in relation to early conciliation were changed. Guidance has been issued by the Presidents of the Employment Tribunals in England, Wales and Scotland on hearings in light of the current lockdown.
Health and safety: Landmark case gives protection to workers from suffering detriment on health and safety grounds By Zoë Wigan The High Court has held that protection from suffering detriment on health and safety grounds applies to workers, not just to employees and that, when circumstances require the provision of PPE, it should be provided to workers.
Employment Matters - January 2021 By Zoë Wigan DAC Beachcroft's Employment Matters focuses on some of the most interesting cases and events occurring within the Employment Law sector.
Remote Working – Time to get your house in order By Barry Reynolds “Remote Working”, for obvious reasons, became one of the most discussed work related topics of 2020. Looking back to this time last year, so much has changed - the pre-pandemic working arrangements up to early 2020 now no longer seem like the modern…
Extension of furlough scheme By Louise Bloomfield The Government announced yesterday that it is extending the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) until the end of April 2021. (It had originally been due to end at the end of March 2021).
Court of Appeal: Did 37 separate communications amount to a protected disclosure? By Zoë Wigan The Court of Appeal has held they did not, and an employment tribunal was right on the facts of this case not to aggregate the disclosures to look at the composite picture.
