After the UK general election was announced, the following legislation was approved by Parliament during what is known as 'the wash-up' period towards the end of May 2024. Some of these require further regulations to bring...more
A new General Labor Law (NGLL) was enacted by Law No. 12/23, of 27 December 2023, which came into force on March 26, 2024.The NGLL repealed the former General Labor Law (approved by Law No. 7/15, of June 15, 2015),...more
Striking Workers Are Protected from Suffering Detriment -
Precedential Decision by Judiciary or Regulatory Agency -
On November 18, 2021, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) confirmed that workers who take part in...more
1/19/2022
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Collective Bargaining ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Employees ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Litigation ,
Independent Contractors ,
Infectious Diseases ,
New Regulations ,
Redundancy Dismissals ,
Remote Working ,
Right to Strike ,
UK ,
UK Employment Appeal Tribunal ,
UK Supreme Court ,
Wage and Hour ,
Workplace Safety
On 5 January 2021, the UK government’s guidance was updated to clarify that employers may (but are not required to) furlough employees who have caring responsibilities for children who are at home as a result of school and...more
When can employers in the United Kingdom be held responsible for their employees’ actions? This article answers that question with help from a recent high-profile case and applies the lessons learned to manage the potential...more
Supreme Court Rules that Refusal to Bake “Gay-Cake” Was Not Discriminatory -
Precedential Decision by Judiciary or Regulatory Agency -
On October 10, 2018, the UK Supreme Court held a bakery and its Christian owners had...more
1/16/2019
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Employment Litigation ,
Freedom of Expression ,
Freedom of Religion ,
Hiring & Firing ,
International Labor Laws ,
Part-Time Employees ,
Personal Liability ,
Sexual Orientation Discrimination ,
UK ,
Vicarious Liability ,
Wage and Hour ,
Whistleblowers ,
Workplace Violence
The new Parental Bereavement (Leave and Pay) Act 2018, which was enacted on September 13 and will come into effect in 2020, grants parents who experience the loss of a child under 18 or a stillbirth after 24 weeks of...more
10/11/2018
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Bereavement Leave ,
Criminal Background Checks ,
Domestic Workers ,
Employee Rights ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Litigation ,
Internal Investigations ,
International Labor Laws ,
New Legislation ,
Parental Leave ,
Rest and Meal Break ,
UK ,
Wage and Hour
Data Protection Act 2018 Enacted -
New Legislation Enacted -
Effective May 25, 2018, the UK Data Protection Act transposes the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) into UK law, thereby replacing the Data...more
7/23/2018
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Breach of Contract ,
Data Protection ,
Disability ,
Employee Misconduct ,
Employment Litigation ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Independent Contractors ,
International Data Transfers ,
International Labor Laws ,
Misclassification ,
New Legislation ,
Personal Data ,
Termination ,
UK ,
UK Supreme Court ,
Wage and Hour