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Employment weekly highlights—5 September 2019

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Published on: 05 September 2019

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This week's edition of Employment highlights includes: (1) various updates on Brexit, including legal challenges to the prorogation of Parliament, (2) guidance from the House of Commons Library on the legislative changes needed in order to end free movement for EU citizens if the UK leaves the EU with no deal on 31 October 2019, (3) good practice guidance from the Banking Standards Board on regulatory references, (4) confirmation from the Law Commission that e-signatures are valid under current law and can be used to execute documents, (5) details of our new practice note on trans and other gender issues, (6) dates for your diary, and (7) updates to our consultation tracker.

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