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UK: HSF Global Guide to Whistleblowing
Herbert Smith Freehills has published the first edition of a Global Guide to Whistleblowing, providing a quick reference guide to the law and culture …
UK: New publications
GEO new guide for employers on Recruitment and Retention of Transgender Staff. Guidance from the Committee on Standards in Public Life on how public …
UK: Privilege - High Court confirms legal advice privilege can include lawyer’s summary of facts
A High Court decision has confirmed that the protection of legal advice privilege is not restricted to actual legal advice. The privilege will protect …
UK: Contract - Supreme Court clarifies test for implying terms
The Supreme Court has recently clarified the law on when the court can imply a term that the parties have not expressly included in their contract, …
UK: Autumn statement - employment law announcements
The Autumn Statement by the Chancellor on 25 November 2015 included the following: The apprenticeship levy will be introduced in April 2017 at a rate …
UK: Disability discrimination - cases highlight recruitment risks for employers in relation to references and interviews
Where a prospective employer receives an unsatisfactory reference about an applicant's suitability for a role, in circumstances where they have been …
UK: Disability discrimination - duty to make reasonable adjustments to attendance management policy
Employers should take particular care when applying an attendance management policy to disabled employees. Overruling previous EAT authority (see our …
EU: Article published on jurisdiction rules applying to claims against directors
A recent decision of the CJEU has considered a number of jurisdiction questions which have significant implications for claims against …
Australia: Fair Work Amendment Act 2015 - Summary of Changes
The Fair Work Amendment Act 2015 (Cth) (FW Amendment Act) came into force on 27 November 2015 and amends the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) (FW Act). This …
US: Second Circuit decision protecting internal whistleblowers creates circuit split
A recent decision by the Second Circuit Court of Appeals (Bergman v Neo@Ogilvy LLC) held that the Dodd-Frank Act protects employee whistleblowers who …
UK: European Court of Justice ruling on working time creates headache for employers of peripatetic workers
The European Court of Justice has ruled that, for peripatetic employees with no fixed or habitual workplace, time spent travelling from home to the first …
UAE: New labour laws to come into force
The UAE Ministry of Labour (the "MoL") has issued three Ministerial Decrees aimed at bringing greater transparency to labour contracts. Offer letters: …
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