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2 weeks ago | 
mondaq.com | Tim Gilbert |Sian Keall |Ed Mills |Ailie Murray
A new duty to prevent sexual harassment came into force in theUK October 2024, which requires employers to take various proactivesteps to protect their staff. Below, we summarise what you need toknow, and how to comply with the new duty. As of 26 October 2024, employers in the UK are under a duty totake reasonable steps to prevent sexual harassment of theiremployees.
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1 month ago | 
mondaq.com | Tim Gilbert |Sian Keall |Ed Mills |Ailie Murray
TS Travers Smith LLP More It’s not just law at Travers Smith. Our clients’ business is our business. Independent and bound only by our clients’ ambitions, we are wherever they need us to be. We focus on key areas of work where we are genuinely market leading. If it’s hard – ask Travers Smith. A guide to future employment and immigration law ... United Kingdom Employment and HR
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1 month ago | 
mondaq.com | Tim Gilbert |Sian Keall |Ed Mills |Adam Wyman
A number of US-based multinationals – such as GoldmanSachs, McDonald's and Disney – have reportedly rolledback on their diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programmes byabandoning diversity targets or reframing their policies morebroadly around "inclusion" rather than diversity. Thisfollows a series of executive orders in the US which reverse DEIprogrammes in federal government. Quite how far this will impactdiversity programmes in the UK remains unclear.
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Jan 17, 2025 | 
mondaq.com | Tim Gilbert |Sian Keall |Ed Mills |Adam Wyman
Key employment and business immigration developments foremployersPreventing sexual harassmentThe Welsh Rugby Union (WRU) has signed a legal agreement withthe Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) to improve itsworkplace culture and its measures to protect staff fromdiscrimination and harassment. This follows an independent reportin 2023 that found aspects of WRU's culture were sexist,misogynistic, racist and homophobic and not properlychallenged.
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Oct 15, 2024 | 
mondaq.com | Tim Gilbert |Sian Keall |Ed Mills |Ailie Murray
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Jul 8, 2024 | 
lexology.com | Tim Gilbert |Sian Keall |Edward Mills |Ailie Murray |Adam Wyman
Key employment and business immigration developments for employersListen to the audio version of this briefing, ready by associate, Holly Robson and trainee Rory Patterson. Click here to listen to the audio. In the NewsImmigration RadarCase watchNew LawConsultationCommunity EngagementOur Work1. In the NewsNew government: all change? With Prime Minister Starmer now in No. 10 and new Labour government, the UK is likely to see significant changes to employment law.
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May 20, 2024 | 
lexology.com | Tim Gilbert |Sian Keall |Edward Mills |Ailie Murray |Adam Wyman
In the NewsImmigration RadarCase WatchNew LawConsultationsWatch this SpaceCommunity EngagementOur work1. In the News Quit-tok: employers beware? A new trend, "Quit-Tok", has emerged: employees are taking to the social media site TikTok to release covertly filmed resignation meetings and dismissals. This has led to unwanted publicity for some employers where the discussion has not been handled as well as it could have been.
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Apr 3, 2024 | 
mondaq.com | Tim Gilbert |Sian Keall |Ed Mills |Ailie Murray
EMPLOYMENT
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In summer 2023, the Government carried out a consultation on holiday
entitlement for part-year and irregular hours workers. There were a
number of proposals to address the practical difficulties around
calculating holiday entitlement for workers who work part year
(e.g. term time only workers) or irregular hours (e.g. zero hours
workers), following the Supreme Court case of Harpur Trust v
Brazel.
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Apr 2, 2024 | 
mondaq.com | Tim Gilbert |Katie Good |Sian Keall |Ed Mills
Further to the Government's announcements of planned changes
to UK Immigration Rules aimed at reducing net migration, more
details have now been released in relation to the upcoming changes,
which are set to take effect from 4 April 2024. These changes will
impact employers sponsoring visas for employees under the Skilled
Worker and Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker
visa routes.
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Mar 27, 2024 | 
lexology.com | Louisa Chambers |James Longster |Dan Reavill |Helen Reddish |Ben Chivers |Jonathan Rush | +40 more
Our round-up of recent and forthcoming developments in UK law and practice for our international stakeholders.
