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Employment weekly highlights—10 November 2022

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Published on: 10 November 2022

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This edition of Employment weekly highlights includes: (1) a call by the Law Society for the government to amend the Retained EU Law Bill, (2) new regulations on exclusivity terms for workers earning up to £123 a week, (3) new guidance from the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy on paying agency workers through umbrella companies, (4) new Sutton Trust research on accent bias in the workplace, (5) an article looking at how employers can use neurodiversity policies to gain a competitive edge, (6) analysis by Keely Rushmore of Keystone Law of the issues relating to allowing pets in the workplace, (7) the announcement of an extra bank holiday to commemorate the coronation of King Charles III, (8) updated guidance from HMRC on changes to National Insurance Contributions, (9) analysis and a digest of the EAT judgment relating to the pensions exception for age discrimination claims, (10) analysis of the EAT decision on the definition of a job evaluation study for an equal pay claim, (11)...

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