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Home Office eases right to work checks during COVID-19

6th April 2020 | employment , immigration | Employment law , Immigration and asylum
Video calls allowed, subject to verification after shutdown

Employment tribunals convert hearings to remote means

23rd March 2020 | employment | Employment law
Case management hearing will discuss how best to proceed

Solicitor calls for mutual support in virus emergency

17th March 2020 | practice management , employment | Health
Law firm leaders should show initiative and reach out to teams

Pinsent Masons retains best law firm diversity ranking

20th February 2020 | employment , practice management
Stonewall ranks firm no 4 employer in UK, and top in Scotland

HMRC clarifies start of IR35 extension

7th February 2020 | employment , tax
Rules for private sector to apply to services provided from 6 April

Parents' bereavement leave right to begin in April

24th January 2020 | employment
Two weeks' paid leave entitlement on death of a child

EHRC issues employer guidance on protection from harassment

23rd January 2020 | employment
Seven practical steps alongside technical guidance

Health and safety prosecutions down, but stay vigilant: lawyer

9th January 2020 | criminal law , employment | Health
Bruce Craig comments on pressures facing HSE

Holyrood committee backs revised disclosure law

19th December 2019 | employment , government-administration
Report calls for amendments to make bill consistent with other law

Part time judges win pension claim in Supreme Court appeal

19th December 2019 | employment | Discrimination , Pensions (Company)
Unequal treatment claim could be timed from date of retirement

Pinsent Masons signs up to global disability inclusion campaign

18th June 2019 | employment
Firm joins "Valuable 500" to pledge adoption of best practice

MPs call for action to limit use of non-disclosure agreements

11th June 2019 | employment
All employees who suffered discrimination should have proper redress

IBA uncovers "startling" bullying and harassment in global profession

16th May 2019 | employment
Report finds inadequate precautions, and low level of reporting

MSPs survey views on contentious parking levy

14th May 2019 | employment , tax
Online consultation on workspace spaces runs until 20 May

Better redundancy protection needed for returning parents: Society

9th April 2019 | employment
Consultation response calls for provisions to match maternity leave

Shepherd & Wedderburn recognised in new UK diversity ranking

12th March 2019 | employment , practice management
Scots firm makes top 25 of legal sector for LGBT+ inclusion

LSEW report sets out steps to gender equality

8th March 2019 | employment
More than 40 recommendations in paper based on international research

SLCC commended for diversity good practice

6th March 2019 | employment
Complaints body featured as case study by Ethical Standards Commissioner

Pinsent Masons tops 2019 Stonewall inclusiveness chart

21st January 2019 | employment , practice management
Legal firm named UK's most LGBT+ inclusive employer

Researcher calls for end to job forms criminal convictions disclosure box

4th January 2019 | employment
Claim that misleading for employers and offputting to applicants

Court of Appeal affirms Uber drivers as workers

20th December 2018 | employment
Company's appeal against ET and EAT rulings dismissed

Zero hours and agency workers to be given new rights

17th December 2018 | employment
Ministers accept Taylor proposals, but TUC wants more

High risk domestic violence counter-measures go to consultation

30th November 2018 | criminal law , employment , government-administration
Ministers seek views on best multi-agency approach

Call for evidence as MPs investigate use of non-disclosure agreements

13th November 2018 | employment
Women & Equalities Committee inquires into what NDAs may conceal
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