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July 09, 2024
Ex-Axiom Ince Staff Win Claims Over Missing Payments
A tribunal has ordered Axiom Ince to hand over a total of £11,500 ($14,700) in redundancy and unclaimed holiday payments to three former members of staff after the law firm collapsed in October.
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July 09, 2024
Pensions Bill Unlikely In King's Speech, Aegon Says
Sweeping pension reform is unlikely to be included in the first King's Speech under Keir Starmer's newly elected government, pensions provider Aegon said Tuesday as it predicted that existing changes in retirement savings policy might take center stage.
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July 09, 2024
Ex-Pensions Minister Timms Returns To DWP In New Gov't
Former pensions minister Stephen Timms has returned to the Department for Work and Pensions in the new Labour government, the ministry has said.
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July 09, 2024
BBC Rebuffed In Effort To Cut Costs Of £20B Pension Scheme
An attempt by the British Broadcasting Corp. to reduce benefits for employees enrolled in its £19.8 billion ($25.4 billion) pension scheme has been rebuffed as the Court of Appeal ruled in favor of members on Tuesday.
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July 08, 2024
MoD Accepts 'Duty Of Care' In Hearing Loss Suit
The Ministry of Defence agreed Monday to uphold its "duty of care" to thousands of active and former service members who are now set to receive compensation for hearing loss from their time in the military.
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July 08, 2024
Council's Whistleblowing Investment Head Unfairly Sacked
An English city council official has won his whistleblowing detriment and unfair dismissal claim against his former employer after he was fired for conduct unrelated to his concerns that a fellow director encouraged a contractor to bring legal action against the council.
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July 08, 2024
Pensions Watchdog To Probe Master Trust Investment Plans
The Pensions Regulator said on Monday that it will be ramping up its focus on the investment strategies of Britian's master trusts to ensure their plans and methods deliver best results for savers.
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July 08, 2024
Royal Mail Sets Date For New 'Third Way' Pension Plan
The operator of Royal Mail said Monday that it will launch a collective defined contribution retirement savings scheme for its workers after a series of laws and regulations cleared the way for the first pension plan of its kind in the U.K.
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July 05, 2024
UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
This past week in London has seen collapsed sports television company Arena Television hit Bank of Scotland and Lloyds Bank with a claim, James Vorley, the Deutsche Bank metals trader convicted of fraud, sue his former employer, and journalist John Ware file a defamation claim against Pink Floyd band member Roger Waters and Al Jazeera Media Network. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.
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July 05, 2024
Matrix KC Richard Hermer Tapped For Attorney General
Matrix Chambers' human rights barrister Richard Hermer KC will serve as the U.K.'s attorney general in a surprise appointment from newly-elected Prime Minister Keir Starmer late Friday.
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July 05, 2024
Recruiting Co. Fights To Overturn Redundancy Fairness Loss
A recruitment company urged a London appellate court on Friday to overturn a ruling that the company botched a redundancy process when it decided to fire an employee three weeks before the start of the consultation process, arguing that the employee had not pushed for an alternative.
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July 05, 2024
Amazon Worker Loses COVID-19 Whistleblowing Case
A tribunal has rejected an Amazon warehouse worker's claims that she was sacked for complaining of being forced to work while infected with COVID-19, ruling that the company chose not to extend her fixed-term contract for other reasons.
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July 05, 2024
Civil Servants Lose Challenge To Rwanda Policy Guidance
A London judge ruled Friday that civil servants can't challenge ministerial decisions requiring them to send asylum-seekers to Rwanda even if it contravenes a European court order, because domestic law takes precedent.
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July 05, 2024
Liz Kendall Tapped To Head Labour's DWP Amid Reform Talk
The new Labour government named Liz Kendall as Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on Friday as speculation grew about looming reforms to the U.K. benefits system.
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July 05, 2024
Shabana Mahmood Named Labour's New Justice Secretary
Prime Minister Keir Starmer named former barrister Shabana Mahmood as the Labour government's new justice secretary on Friday following a sweeping victory in the U.K. general election.
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July 05, 2024
Starmer Picks Reeves For Treasury To Steer Growth Aims
Prime Minister Keir Starmer has handed the reins of the U.K.'s fiscal and economic policy to Rachel Reeves, formally naming her as the next chancellor of the exchequer in the first of a round of cabinet appointments on Friday.
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July 05, 2024
Starmer Starts Work As Cabinet Appointments Expected
Keir Starmer, the newly elected prime minister, promised change that focuses on the economy and wealth creation as he prepared on Friday to begin appointing cabinet ministers to form the Labour Party's first government since 2010.
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July 05, 2024
Ex-Bird & Bird Partner Can't Ax Sexual Misconduct Case
A former Bird & Bird LLP partner lost his fight at a tribunal on Friday to strike out a sexual misconduct case over allegations he harassed two junior female colleagues.
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July 04, 2024
Major Pensions Shake-Up Likely After Labour Win
The U.K. pensions sector may have been sold the promise of political consensus — but the election of a new Labour government opens the door for a fundamental shift in policy for the industry over the longer term.
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July 04, 2024
Labour's Victory Means 'Radical' Change In Employment Law
Keir Starmer's Labour Party are now as forecast confirmed winners of the election — and lawyers have told Law360 that they are already preparing for a slew of new employment legislation.
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July 04, 2024
Labour's Big UK Election Win Clears Way For Tax Reform
Labour's victory in the U.K. general election clears the way for plans to raise taxes on the rich to close a widening spending gap, but it could also mean wider fiscal reform in the new government's first budget later this year.
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July 04, 2024
Labour Sweeps Tories From Power In UK Election Rout
Keir Starmer was poised to become Britain's next prime minister on Friday after his Labour Party ousted Rishi Sunak's Conservatives in a landslide general election victory, ending 14 years of Tory government with a pledge of "national renewal."
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July 04, 2024
Lawyer Heckled Secretary With Sexist Remarks, Tribunal Says
A former legal secretary has won her sexual harassment claim against her former firm in an English tribunal after the panel ruled that its leading solicitor had made her distressed, including by telling her he had found a condom used by his partner's paramour.
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July 04, 2024
HSBC Wins Appeal Over Brexit Move Of EU Body To Ireland
High street lender HSBC had no option but to move the U.K. arm of its European works council to Ireland after Brexit despite protests from the representative body for European staff, an appellate tribunal ruled Thursday.
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July 04, 2024
WSJ Publisher Dow Jones Must Face Bankers' GDPR Claims
The Wall Street Journal publisher Dow Jones has failed to strike out data protection allegations brought against it by two investment bankers as a London court found the claims were not a tactic to avoid the difficulties of bringing a defamation claim.
Expert Analysis
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3 Notable Pensions Reforms In Spring Budget
The U.K. government’s spring budget introduced reforms to improve pension outcomes through the value for money framework and the lifetime provider model, as well as to encourage investments in Britain — three interlinked areas that could pressure trustees and providers to rethink how they approach investments, say Liz Ramsaran and Marcus Fink at DWF.
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Uber Payout Offers Employer Lessons On Mitigating Bias
Uber Eats' recent payout to a driver over allegations that the company's facial recognition software was discriminatory sheds light on bias in AI, and offers guidance for employers on how to avoid harming employees through the use of such technology, says Rachel Rigg at Fieldfisher.
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Tracing The Effects Of Salary Hikes For Sponsored Workers
The government's new salary thresholds for sponsored workers herald substantial wage increases for the majority of occupations, introducing changes to the sponsorship landscape that disproportionately affect private sector employers, says Gary McIndoe at Latitude Law.
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What To Know About Latest UK Employment Law Changes
As a range of employment law changes came into force this month, such as increased redundancy protections for pregnancy and new parents, employers should ensure compliance with the new requirements, including by providing training and updating internal policies, say lawyers at MoFo.
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Opinion
Employment Tribunal Fees Risk Reducing Access To Justice
Before the proposed fee regime for employment tribunal claims can take effect, the government needs much more evidence that low-income individuals — arguably the tribunal system's most important users — will not be negatively affected by the fees, says Max Winthrop, employment law committee chair at the Law Society.
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Tribunal Cases Illustrate Balancing Act Of Anti-Bias Protection
Recent employment tribunal discrimination cases show employers the complexities of determining the scope of protected characteristics under the Equality Act, and responding proportionately, particularly when conflicts involve controversial beliefs that can trigger competing employee discrimination claims, say Michael Powner and Sophie Rothwell at Charles Russell.
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Comparing The UK And EU Approaches To AI Regulation
While there are significant points of convergence between the recently published U.K. approach to artificial intelligence regulation and the EU AI Act, there is also notable divergence between them, and it appears that the U.K. will remain a less regulatory environment for AI in the foreseeable future, say lawyers at Steptoe.
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Employer Lessons From Ruling On Prof's Anti-Zionist Views
In Miller v. University of Bristol, an employment tribunal recently ruled that a professor's anti-Zionist beliefs were protected by the Equality Act 2010, highlighting for employers why it’s important to carefully consider disciplinary actions related to an employee's political expressions, says Hina Belitz at Excello Law.
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ECJ Ruling Clarifies Lawyer Independence Questions
The European Court of Justice's recent ruling in Bonnanwalt v. EU Intellectual Property Office, finding that a law firm had maintained independence despite being owned by its client, serves as a pivotal reference point to understanding the contours of legal representation before EU courts, say James Tumbridge and Benedict Sharrock-Harris at Venner Shipley.
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How Employers Should Respond To Flexible Work Requests
U.K. employees will soon have the right to request flexible working arrangements from the first day of employment, including for religious observances, and refusing them without objective justification could expose employers to indirect discrimination claims and hurt companies’ diversity and inclusion efforts, says Jim Moore at Hamilton Nash.
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What COVID Payout Ruling Means For Lockdown Loss Claims
While the High Court's recent COVID-19 payout decision in Gatwick v. Liberty Mutual, holding that pandemic-related regulations trigger prevention of access clauses, will likely lead to insurers accepting more business interruption claims, there are still evidentiary challenges and issues regarding policy limits and furlough, say Josianne El Antoury and Greg Lascelles at Covington.
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Spartan Arbitration Tactics Against Well-Funded Opponents
Like the ancient Spartans who held off a numerically superior Persian army at the Battle of Thermopylae, trial attorneys and clients faced with arbitration against an opponent with a bigger war chest can take a strategic approach to create a pass to victory, say Kostas Katsiris and Benjamin Argyle at Venable.
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Crypto As A Coin Of The Corporate Realm: The Pros And Cons
The broadened range of crypto-assets opens up new possibilities for employers looking to recruit, incentivize and retain employees through the use of crypto, but certain risks must be addressed, say Dan Sharman and Sunny Mangatt at Shoosmiths.
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Employer Tips For Handling Data Subject Access Requests
As employers face numerous employee data-subject access requests — and the attendant risks of complaints to the Information Commissioner's Office — issues such as managing deadlines and sifting through data make compliance more difficult, highlighting the importance of efficient internal processes and clear communication when responding to a request, say Gwynneth Tan and Amy Leech at Shoosmiths.
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Employer Tips For Navigating The Growing 'Workcation' Trend
While the trend of working remotely from a holiday property may be attractive to workers, employers must set clear guidelines to help employees successfully combine work and leisure without implicating legal risks or compromising business efficacy, says Amy Leech at Shoosmiths.