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Home Office eases right to work checks during COVID-19
Video calls allowed, subject to verification after shutdown

Employment tribunals convert hearings to remote means
Case management hearing will discuss how best to proceed

Solicitor calls for mutual support in virus emergency
Law firm leaders should show initiative and reach out to teams

Pinsent Masons retains best law firm diversity ranking
Stonewall ranks firm no 4 employer in UK, and top in Scotland

HMRC clarifies start of IR35 extension
Rules for private sector to apply to services provided from 6 April

Parents' bereavement leave right to begin in April
Two weeks' paid leave entitlement on death of a child

EHRC issues employer guidance on protection from harassment
Seven practical steps alongside technical guidance

Health and safety prosecutions down, but stay vigilant: lawyer
Bruce Craig comments on pressures facing HSE

Holyrood committee backs revised disclosure law
Report calls for amendments to make bill consistent with other law

Part time judges win pension claim in Supreme Court appeal
Unequal treatment claim could be timed from date of retirement

Pinsent Masons signs up to global disability inclusion campaign
Firm joins "Valuable 500" to pledge adoption of best practice

MPs call for action to limit use of non-disclosure agreements
All employees who suffered discrimination should have proper redress

IBA uncovers "startling" bullying and harassment in global profession
Report finds inadequate precautions, and low level of reporting

MSPs survey views on contentious parking levy
Online consultation on workspace spaces runs until 20 May

Better redundancy protection needed for returning parents: Society
Consultation response calls for provisions to match maternity leave

Shepherd & Wedderburn recognised in new UK diversity ranking
Scots firm makes top 25 of legal sector for LGBT+ inclusion

LSEW report sets out steps to gender equality
More than 40 recommendations in paper based on international research

SLCC commended for diversity good practice
Complaints body featured as case study by Ethical Standards Commissioner

Pinsent Masons tops 2019 Stonewall inclusiveness chart
Legal firm named UK's most LGBT+ inclusive employer

Researcher calls for end to job forms criminal convictions disclosure box
Claim that misleading for employers and offputting to applicants

Court of Appeal affirms Uber drivers as workers
Company's appeal against ET and EAT rulings dismissed

Zero hours and agency workers to be given new rights
Ministers accept Taylor proposals, but TUC wants more

High risk domestic violence counter-measures go to consultation
Ministers seek views on best multi-agency approach

Call for evidence as MPs investigate use of non-disclosure agreements
Women & Equalities Committee inquires into what NDAs may conceal