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Posted by Richard Woodman, Partner
Dr Elaine Heslop yesterday (7 January 2021) secured a significant Employment Tribunal victory against her former employer Oxford Saïd Business School.
Posted by Richard Woodman, Partner
“Financial services will be essential to our economic recovery from coronavirus, creating jobs and growth right across our country.”
Posted by Richard Woodman, Partner
Join Royds Withy King’s London Employment & HR team to discuss the important decisions to be made as businesses look at negotiating their way through the next phase of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Posted by Richard Woodman, Partner
The UK Government this evening (Friday 20 March) announced an unprecedented package of measures designed to protect jobs through the coronavirus crisis – strongly encouraging employers to think long and hard before making redundancies for this reason.
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Amidst stories of financial chicanery fit only for the Wolf of Wall Street, there has been a tidal wave of emotion as the country waves goodbye (and certainly not au revoir) to another much loved High Street name and a cornerstone of the British package holiday market.
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On Monday 28 January 2019, the Parliament voted in favour of the proposed immigration bill. This bill is now being considered by a Public Bill Committee which will scrutinise the Bill line by line and is expected to report to the House of Commons by Thursday 7 March 2019.
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British firms are backing their EU workforces by offering to pay their application fees for the EU Settlement Scheme which is today being extended to all European workers living in the UK in its third and final testing phase.
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EU citizens working in social care, health and the education sectors are being given the opportunity to confirm their lawful status in the UK ahead of Brexit which is less than four months away.
Posted by Richard Woodman, Partner
The pub and bar trade rely heavily on young and overseas employees. The British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA) say that on average, 17% of the sector’s total workforce are overseas nationals with 14% coming from the EU. In larger metropolitan areas and in kitchen roles that can rise to 80%.
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The Government has today launched a consultation that looks to introduce mandatory reporting on ethnicity pay gaps in businesses and organisations that have more than 240 employees. The consultation follows calls in September from the Equalities and Human Rights Commission, …
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Prime Minister Theresa May and Home Secretary Sajid Javid have given their strong support to the recommendations of the MAC report at the Tory Party Conference. Whilst subject to negotiation, here are 10 things that are highly likely to appear in the long-awaited White Paper to be published this autumn.
Posted by Richard Woodman, Partner
The Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) has today published its long-awaited report on future migration following Brexit.