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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)

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

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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Precedents

Notice of entitlement for shared parental leave and/or pay: adopters’ partners

Instructions: please read all of this before filling in the formThroughout this form, references:•to the ‘child’ mean the child (whether or not yet...
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5th Dec
Practice notes

Shared parental leave (adoption)

In essence, the right to shared parental leave allows, after adoption, the adopter of the child and a second person (who must be married to, or the...
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5th Dec
Practice notes

The right to return to work after maternity leave

This Practice Note considers a woman’s right to return to work after maternity leave.A woman who takes ordinary maternity leave (OML) is entitled to...
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5th Dec
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Practice notes

Adoption leave

An employee intending to adopt a child under 18 may be eligible to take up to three different kinds of statutory leave:•ordinary and additional...
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5th Dec
Practice notes

Time off for dependants

In certain defined circumstances, employees have a right to be permitted to take time off during working hours:•to care for, or arrange care for,...
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5th Dec
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Practice notes

Time off work for antenatal appointments

An employer or, where applicable, a temporary work agency or hirer, cannot unreasonably refuse to allow a pregnant employee, or where applicable, a...
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5th Dec
Practice notes

Work during maternity or adoption leave—keeping in touch days

This Practice Note describes the extent to which employees are entitled to work during statutory maternity or adoption leave, without bringing that...
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5th Dec
Practice notes

Shared parental leave (birth)

In essence, the right to shared parental leave allows, after birth, the mother of the child and a second person (who must be the father of child, or...
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5th Dec
Practice notes

The right to return to work after adoption leave

Employees who take ordinary adoption leave (OAL) are entitled to return to the 'same job' at the end of that leave unless that job is no longer...
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5th Dec
Q&As

What are the key points private and voluntary sector employers need to know about mandatory gender pay gap reporting?

The Equality Act 2010 (Gender Pay Gap Information) Regulations 2017, SI 2017/172 ('the regulations') come into force on 6 April 2017. Acas and the...
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5th Dec
Q&As

Can an employee who is returning from maternity leave be placed on furlough under the coronavirus job retention scheme immediately following their return and, if so, would their furlough pay be based on their rate of pay pre-maternity leave, or on the average they received while on maternity leave?

The government published two sets of guidance on the coronavirus job retention scheme (CJRS) on 26 March 2020:•guidance for employers: Claim for wage...
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3rd Dec
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Precedents

Clauses—working time and hours of work

1 [Working time—example 1 1.1 You agree that your average weekly working time may exceed 48 hours and accordingly you 'opt...
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26th Sep

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LEXISNEXIS

Common financial covenants

This Practice Note explains certain common financial covenants used in commercial finance transactions including:•minimum net worth test•gearing ratio•leverage ratio (or debt to equity ratio)•current ratio (or acid test ratio)•cashflow ratio•interest cover ratio, and•loan to value ratioIt explains:

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Money Laundering Regulations 2017—simplified due diligence

You may apply simplified customer due diligence (SDD) measures in relation to particular business relationships or transactions which you determine present a low risk of money laundering or terrorist financing, having taken into account:•your organisation-wide risk assessment—see Practice Note:

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Ad hoc arbitration—an introduction to the key features of ad hoc arbitration

An ad hoc arbitration is any arbitration in which the parties have not selected an institution to administer the arbitration. This offers parties flexibility as to the conduct of the arbitration, but less external support for the process. It can be quicker than institutional arbitration but not if

LEXISNEXIS

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