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UK: Pay gap reporting - EHRC recommendations and HSF review of gender pay gap reports published so far
The Equality and Human Rights Commission has recently published research into gender, ethnicity and disability pay gaps, along with a strategy for …
UK: Data Protection Bill published - employers should prepare now for GDPR
The Government published the draft Data Protection Bill (the "Bill") on 14 September. The Bill will be debated at its second reading in the House of …
UK: Medical assessments - employers should review their arrangements to minimise risk of vicarious liability
A High Court has held in Various claimants v Barclays Bank an employer vicariously liable for the acts (in this case, alleged sexual assaults) of a …
UK: Discrimination - burden of proof ruling highlights need for employers to present positive case
In Efobi v Royal Mail the EAT has ruled that it is not incumbent on the claimant in a discrimination claim to prove a prima facie case: it is for the …
UK: Employer's duty of trust and confidence - caution needed before suspending to investigate alleged misconduct
A recent High Court ruling serves as a reminder to employers not automatically to suspend an employee accused of misconduct while an investigation takes …
UK: Recent Alternative Dispute Resolution review
Peter Frost, Partner and Head of Employment Disputes, recently contributed a review to David Liddle's influential publication, Managing Conflict: A …
UK: GDPR - The "Whole of Business" Issue at the Top of Your Board Agenda
Almost all organisations use or process personal data. With less than 9 months to go before the EU General Data Protection Regulation (the "GDPR") comes …
UK: Limits on employers’ ability to monitor private communications
The Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights’ (ECtHR) ruling in Barbulescu v Romania (61496/08) is a timely reminder of the limits of …
UK: Government sets out corporate governance reforms
The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has published its response paper on UK corporate governance reform. The response paper …
UK Government Position Paper on International Transfers of Data – key points
Last week the UK Government released its negotiating position paper on international transfers of personal data within the EEA (The Exchange and …
UK: Employee documents created using employer's IT systems may not be privileged against the employer
Simpkin v The Berkeley Group Holdings plc highlights the potential benefits for employers of a clear and comprehensive IT policy, referred to in the …
UK: Employees overseas - territorial scope of collective redundancy obligations
The EAT has confirmed that the obligation to consult about collective redundancies applies where the employees assigned to an establishment have a …
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