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China: Draft implementation regulations on work safety law issued
In response to the frequent and often disastrous work-related accidents (the devastating explosion in Tianjin Port is a recent example), the government …
Europe: European Court of Justice declares US Safe Harbour invalid
The EU Data Protection Directive imposes restrictions on the transfer of personal data outside the EU, with transfers permitted only if the relevant …
UK: New resources
BIS guide for employers on zero-hours contracts. The Government has also published draft regulations to provide remedies to those on zero hours …
UK: Financial services: consultation on regulatory references and planned extension of Senior Managers Regime
The FCA and PRA are consulting until 7 December on proposed changes to the way relevant firms seek and provide references for candidates of certain …
UK: Government proposed reforms - equal pay, diversity, picketing and employment agencies
Consultation over the Government's plan to require larger companies to publish pay information showing whether there is a gender pay gap closed in …
UK: Statutory holiday - recalculation of entitlement to reflect change to hours need not be retrospective
The ECJ has confirmed that, when a worker increases their hours during the leave year, the statutory leave entitlement going forward must be recalculated …
UK: Discrimination - corporate bodies can bring direct discrimination claims
The EAT has ruled that a limited company can bring a complaint of direct discrimination. In EAD Solicitors LLP v Abrams, Mr Abrams set up a limited …
UK: Unfair dismissal - employer contribution to ill-health relevant to when it will be fair to dismiss
Two recent cases illustrate the need for employers to take into account their own contribution to an employee's ill-health when determining whether and …
UK: Collective redundancy consultation - resignation in response to pay cut counts towards consultation threshold
In applying the threshold for collective redundancy consultation obligations of 20 proposed dismissals, all dismissals which are for a reason unrelated …
UK: Whistleblowing - disclosure concerning alleged breach of four employees' contracts may satisfy "public interest" test
An employment tribunal was wrong to strike out a whistleblowing unfair dismissal claim on the basis that a disclosure concerning alleged breaches of the …
UK: Modern Slavery Act supply chain reporting obligation comes into force
A new UK supply chain reporting obligation came into force on 29 October 2015. Any large (worldwide turnover of £36 million or more) commercial …
UK: Data protection - ECJ declares US Safe Harbour invalid
The ECJ has now decided that businesses - chiefly US-based organisations - will no longer be able to rely on the US Safe Harbour Privacy Principles as …
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