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Employer in Greece fined €150,000 for relying on consent to process data under GDPR

Employer in Greece fined €150,000 for relying on consent to process data under GDPR

The following Employment news provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on Employer in Greece fined €150,000 for relying on consent to process data under GDPR

Examining the Article 29 Working Party’s Opinion 2/2017 on data processing at work

Examining the Article 29 Working Party’s Opinion 2/2017 on data processing at work

The following Employment news provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on Examining the Article 29 Working Party’s Opinion 2/2017 on data processing at work

Hidden CCTV to investigate suspicions of serious theft did not breach employees’ right to privacy (López Ribalda and others v Spain)

Hidden CCTV to investigate suspicions of serious theft did not breach employees’ right to privacy (López Ribalda and others v Spain)

The following Employment news provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on Hidden CCTV to investigate suspicions of serious theft did not breach employees’ right to privacy (López Ribalda and others v Spain)

Implementing the TCA—business immigration implications

Implementing the TCA—business immigration implications

The following Employment news provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on Implementing the TCA—business immigration implications

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What is diversity and inclusion (D&I)—law firms

What is diversity and inclusion (D&I)—law firms

This Practice Note provides a high-level introduction to diversity and inclusion (D&I) and key reasons why it is important to law firms. Specific...

Repudiation

Repudiation

This Practice Note concerns repudiation and sets out what a repudiatory breach of contract means. It explains how a repudiatory breach goes to the...

Contract variation

Contract variation

This Practice Note summarises the law, guidance and practice relating to the variation of contracts and deeds. It explains how a contract or deed can...

Equitable remedies in contractual disputes

Equitable remedies in contractual disputes

While the primary remedy for contractual breach is that of damages (see Practice Note: Contractual damages—general principles and related content),...

Practice notes

Termination and expiry of contracts

This Practice Note provides an overview of contract expiry and of the different causes of termination and ways to discharge a contract, including...
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9th Nov
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Precedents

Draft outline script for disciplinary hearing (misconduct)

1Introductions of those present if necessary. Confirm who is taking notes and that copies of the meeting notes will be made available to the...
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9th Nov
Practice notes

Introduction to retained EU law

This Practice Note provides an introduction to retained EU law, which is an entirely new legal concept introduced to UK domestic law in preparation...
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9th Nov
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Precedents

Letter—long-term sickness absence (6): to employee confirming dismissal on notice (following final written warning)

[To be typed on headed notepaper of employer][Date]Dear [insert name of employee],Re: [insert name of employer] (the Company)Following our most recent...
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9th Nov
Precedents

Letter of variation

[ON HEADED NOTEPAPER OF PARTY A][Insert address of Party B][[Insert address of Guarantor]][Insert date]Dear [name of Party B][ and [name of...
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9th Nov
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Practice notes

Formulating a learning and development—L&D—policy

This Practice Note provides information on formulating a learning and development (L&D) policy. It reviews key issues to consider including:•what is...
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Produced in partnership with Beth Pipe FCIPD of OnLive Learning 12th Jan
Precedents

Letter—employer acknowledgement of notification of maternity leave

Date: [insert date]Dear [insert name of employee]Congratulations and thank you for telling me about your pregnancy and the date that your baby is due....
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9th Nov
Precedents

The employment contract—sample pensions clauses

The following pension clauses set out the pensions information to be included in an employment contract, depending on the type of...
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Produced in partnership with Wyn Derbyshire of gunnercooke LLP 12th Jan

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Practice notes

Auto-enrolment—considerations for employers (Archived)

THIS PRACTICE NOTE APPLIES ONLY TO PENSION SCHEMES IN ENGLAND AND WALESThis Practice Note has been archived. It explains the steps employers should...
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Produced in partnership with Herbert Smith Freehills and Naveed Soomro of Squire Patton Boggs 16th Jan
Practice notes

Tax treatment of pensions—an introduction

IP COMPLETION DAY: 11pm (GMT) on 31 December 2020 marks the end of the Brexit transition/implementation period entered into following the UK’s...
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16th Jan
Practice notes

Salary sacrifice and pensions

CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19) UPDATE: Salary sacrifice arrangements may be affected where employers furlough their staff through the Coronation Job Retention...
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Produced in partnership with Rebecca McKay of Trowers & Hamlins LLP 16th Jan
Practice notes

Auto-enrolment—disclosure requirements

CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19) UPDATE: On 9 April 2020 the Pensions Regulator (TPR) published ‘Automatic enrolment and pension contributions: COVID-19...
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16th Jan
Practice notes

The National Employment Savings Trust (NEST) and NEST Corporation—the legal basis and structure

IP COMPLETION DAY: 11pm (GMT) on 31 December 2020 marks the end of the Brexit transition/implementation period entered into following the UK’s...
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Produced in partnership with NEST Corporation 16th Jan
Practice notes

Employer duties to provide pensions to employees

Automatic enrolment dutiesThe auto-enrolment regime, established under Part 1 of the Pensions Act 2008 (PenA 2008), imposes three key enrolment duties...
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Produced in partnership with Blake Morgan LLP 16th Jan
Practice notes

Enrolment duties—arrangements to achieve active membership

CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19) UPDATE: On 9 April 2020 the Pensions Regulator (TPR) published ‘Automatic enrolment and pension contributions: COVID-19...
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16th Jan
Practice notes

How is the National Employment Savings Trust (NEST) different from a typical occupational pension scheme?

In this Practice Note, references to the National Employment Savings Trust (NEST) Order are to the National Employment Savings Trust Order 2010, SI...
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Produced in partnership with Julie Peaple and Michael Hames of NEST Corporation 16th Jan
Practice notes

Auto-enrolment—record-keeping requirements

CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19) UPDATE: On 9 April 2020 the Pensions Regulator (TPR) published ‘Automatic enrolment and pension contributions: COVID-19...
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16th Jan
Practice notes

Auto-enrolment—when do employers need to comply?

CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19) UPDATE: On 9 April 2020 the Pensions Regulator (TPR) published ‘Automatic enrolment and pension contributions: COVID-19...
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Produced in partnership with Wyn Derbyshire of gunnercooke LLP 16th Jan
Practice notes

Auto-enrolment—an introduction

CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19) UPDATE: On 9 April 2020 the Pensions Regulator (TPR) published ‘Automatic enrolment and pension contributions: COVID-19...
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Produced in partnership with Wyn Derbyshire of gunnercooke LLP 16th Jan
Practice notes

Member and employer pension contributions—tax relief

FORTHCOMING DEVELOPMENT: As promised in the Spring Budget 2020 (held on 11 March 2020), on 21 July 2020 HM Treasury launched a call for evidence...
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Produced in partnership with Wyn Derbyshire of gunnercooke LLP 16th Jan
Practice notes

Types of pension arrangements for employees

Ways of accruing pension benefitsThere are a variety of possible pension arrangements for employees. The main options include:•occupational pension...
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16th Jan
Practice notes

Auto-enrolment—who needs to be enrolled?

CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19) UPDATE: On 9 April 2020 the Pensions Regulator (TPR) published ‘Automatic enrolment and pension contributions: COVID-19...
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Produced in partnership with Wyn Derbyshire of gunnercooke LLP 15th Jan
Practice notes

Auto-enrolment—what types of scheme may be used?

CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19) UPDATE: On 9 April 2020 the Pensions Regulator (TPR) published ‘Automatic enrolment and pension contributions: COVID-19...
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Produced in partnership with Wyn Derbyshire of gunnercooke LLP 15th Jan
Practice notes

Stakeholder pension schemes after 1 October 2012—an introduction

FORTHCOMING DEVELOPMENT: Following the publication of a discussion paper (DP18/1)on the effectiveness of competition in non-workplace pensions...
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Produced in partnership with Alistair Hill of CMS 8th Jan
Practice notes

Group personal pensions

The introduction of personal pensions in 1987 was heralded as offering new choices for self-employed and employed individuals.However, it soon became...
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Produced in partnership with Alistair Hill of CMS 8th Jan
Practice notes

Personal pensions—an introduction

Statutory development of personal pensionsRetirement annuity contracts were the predecessor to personal pensions. They were introduced by the Finance...
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Produced in partnership with Alistair Hill of CMS 8th Jan
Practice notes

Using the National Employment Savings Trust (NEST) for auto-enrolment

IP COMPLETION DAY: 11pm (GMT) on 31 December 2020 marks the end of the Brexit transition/implementation period entered into following the UK’s...
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Produced in partnership with Wyn Derbyshire of gunnercooke LLP 8th Jan
Practice notes

Auto-enrolment—toolkit [Archived]

This archived toolkit covers the basic issues relating to pensions auto-enrolment and highlights practical steps employers needed to take in order to...
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Produced in partnership with Wyn Derbyshire of gunnercooke LLP 8th Jan

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Contractual damages—pecuniary losses

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There are two kinds of burden:•the legal burden, and•the evidential burdenThe legal burdenA party has the legal (sometimes called ‘the persuasive’) burden where the onus is on that party to prove a fact or issue in a case to the required standard of proof.The legal burden is generally on the

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Letter to client on disclosure obligations under CPR 31

This Precedent letter covers disclosure obligations under CPR 31. It does not apply to proceedings subject to the disclosure pilot scheme under CPR PD 51U. For guidance on the disclosure pilot scheme, see Practice Note: Business and Property Courts—the disclosure pilot scheme. For a client letter on