Welcome to the seventh edition of The Employment Edit – a summary of the most important recent cases and news affecting employers in the UK. We hope you find this newsletter helpful and informative....more
In Chief Constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland v Agnew, the Supreme Court (SC) has confirmed that workers who have been underpaid holiday pay over a period of time are not prevented from recovering underpayments...more
UK-U.S. Data Bridge Approved -
The UK has approved an extension to the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (DPF) called the ‘UK-U.S. Data Bridge,’ which facilitates data flows from the UK to the U.S. From October 12, 2023...more
10/6/2023
/ Amazon ,
Artificial Intelligence ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Cross Border Privacy Rules (CBPR) ,
Delaware ,
EDPS ,
Enforcement Actions ,
EU ,
European Data Protection Board (EDPB) ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Framework Agreement ,
Gramm-Leach-Blilely Act ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
International Data Transfers ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
State Data Privacy Laws ,
UK ,
UK GDPR ,
Unfair or Deceptive Trade Practices
Government scales back the proposed revocation of EU law bill and announces changes to the Working Time Regulations, TUPE and non-compete clauses -
In previous editions of the Edit we reported on the proposals in The...more
5/26/2023
/ Appeals ,
Criminal Convictions ,
Data Collection ,
Data Protection ,
Disability Discrimination ,
EU ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Gender-Based Pay Discrimination ,
Maternity Leave ,
Mental Health ,
Non-Compete Agreements ,
Sex Discrimination ,
Termination ,
TUPE ,
UK ,
UK Brexit ,
Working Time Regulations
Welcome to the fifth edition of The Employment Edit – a summary of the most important recent cases and news affecting employers in the UK. We hope you find this newsletter helpful and informative...more
3/2/2023
/ Disability Discrimination ,
Diversity and Inclusion Standards (D&I) ,
Employee Rights ,
EU ,
Filing Grievances ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Pay Rates ,
Pregnancy ,
Rehiring Issues ,
Settlement ,
Sexual Harassment ,
Termination ,
UK
Welcome to the fourth edition of The Employment Edit – a summary of the most important recent cases and news affecting employers in the UK. We hope you find this newsletter helpful and informative. In this edition we look at:...more
10/20/2022
/ Appeals ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Employee Benefits ,
Employment Contract ,
Equality Act ,
EU ,
Grievance Process ,
Gross Misconduct ,
Health Insurance ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Injunctions ,
Investigations ,
Paid Leave ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Suspensions ,
Termination ,
Terms and Conditions ,
TUPE ,
UK ,
UK Employment Appeal Tribunal ,
Whistleblowers
With effect from 1 April 2022, the UK Government has removed the remaining domestic COVID-19 restrictions in England. As part of this, the lengthy guidance for employers, “Working safely during coronavirus (COVID-19)”, has...more
Welcome to the third edition of The Employment Edit – a summary of the most important recent cases and news affecting employers in the UK. We hope you find this newsletter helpful and informative....more
In Martin v London Borough of Southwark, a teacher had raised a number of concerns with his employer that he and other teachers were working excessive hours. He brought a whistleblowing claim arguing that he had suffered a...more
Dechert's London Employment Team is pleased to present The Employment Edit, Autumn 2021 – a summary of the most important recent cases and news affecting employers in the UK. We hope you find this newsletter helpful and...more
In this OnPoint we report on the guidance issued yesterday on working safely during COVID-19 for people who work in offices, factories, warehouses and labs, which comes into effect on 19 July 2021. Introduction - Following...more
In this OnPoint we report on the data protection implications of collecting personal data concerning employees’ vaccination status. Introduction - Employers formulating return to work plans for their employees in accordance...more
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), the UK’s data protection authority, has recently published updated guidance on an individual’s right to access their personal data. This OnPoint considers the key issues arising...more
Since 26 July and 31 July 2020, travellers returning to the UK from Spain (including the Canary and Balearic Islands) and Luxembourg respectively have been required to quarantine for 14 days. If cases of Covid-19 spike across...more
8/7/2020
/ Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Employee Benefits ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Furloughs ,
Holidays ,
Infectious Diseases ,
International Labor Laws ,
Job Retention Schemes ,
Paid Leave ,
Quarantine ,
Remote Working ,
Traveling Employee ,
UK ,
Unpaid Leave ,
Wage and Hour
In this OnPoint we report on the further guidance on the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (the Scheme) issued by the Government on Friday 12 June, 2020 and the issues that employers need to consider in planning for the final...more
In this OnPoint we report on the recently announced extension of and changes to the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (the Scheme) with a reminder that the last date for furloughing staff for the first time for the purposes of...more
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) recently issued guidance for employers on the issues they need to bear in mind when considering the introduction of testing as part of their arrangements for returning staff to the...more
5/26/2020
/ Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Employee Privacy Rights ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
New Guidance ,
Re-Opening Guidelines ,
UK ,
UK Data Protection Act ,
UK ICO ,
Virus Testing ,
Workplace Safety
In this OnPoint, we report on the Government’s further guidance on workers’ entitlements to holiday leave and holiday pay during the COVID-19 pandemic....more
The UK Government has announced today that the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (“the Scheme”), which has so far assisted over one million businesses in the UK, will be extended by four months until the end of October 2020....more
Employers are now turning their minds to the many and varied issues they need to consider when planning for the end of lockdown - even though of course they will need to wait for details of the precise timing and phasing of...more
5/8/2020
/ Compliance ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Data Protection ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Flexible Work Arrangements ,
Furloughs ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Government Lockdown ,
Holiday Pay ,
Job Retention Schemes ,
Medical Monitoring ,
Mental Health ,
Personal Protective Equipment ,
Re-Opening Guidelines ,
Remote Working ,
Remuneration ,
Risk Assessment ,
Social Distancing ,
UK ,
Workplace Safety
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), the UK’s data protection supervisory authority, has recently issued guidance outlining its approach to the enforcement of data protection obligations during the COVID-19 pandemic....more
4/27/2020
/ Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Data Breach ,
Data Protection ,
Enforcement ,
Fines ,
Investigations ,
New Guidance ,
Notification Requirements ,
Relief Measures ,
Subject Access Request (SAR) ,
UK ,
UK ICO
The development by HMRC of its Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (“the Scheme”), now extended in its operation until the end of June 2020, has involved numerous iterations of its guidance for employers and employees, the...more
4/20/2020
/ Accrual Requirements ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Federal Funding ,
Furloughs ,
HMRC ,
Holiday Pay ,
Holidays ,
Job Retention Schemes ,
UK ,
Wage and Hour ,
Working Time Regulations
As previously reported here the Government announced its Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (“the Scheme”) on Friday 20 March 2020.
Whilst the key features of the Scheme had already been outlined, presenting employers with...more
The Government’s announcement last week of its Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (“the Scheme”) may have provided considerable encouragement to businesses and employees that financial support would be available from the UK...more
Employers’ primary concern at this time will be the health and safety of their employees in the wake of what has been declared a global pandemic by the World Health Organization. However, employers should still have regard to...more