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Wedlake Bell Employment Podcast – Episode 2

In the next edition of the Wedlake Bell Employment Podcast, Legal Director Choy Lau and Solicitor George Cornell discuss the potential changes to employment law under the new Labour Government… Read more →

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What to Expect if Labour Win the Next General Election – Painting the Law Red or Just Colouring in the Lines?

Rishi Sunak has announced that the next general election will take place on 4 July 2024. The opinion polls currently suggest that Mr Sunak will not be returning to No.… Read more →

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Prevention is better than cure: Employer’s duty to prevent sexual harassment in the workplace

The current position Under the Equality Act 2010 (EqA 2010), sexual harassment occurs where an individual engages in unwanted conduct of a sexual nature and the conduct has the purpose… Read more →

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Changes to Family Friendly rights: 2024 Roundup

New year, new rights. 2024 has brought in several changes to family friendly legislation and employers will need to keep up to date with developments to flexible working, redundancy protections,… Read more →

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Upcoming Changes to Holiday Pay, Working Time and TUPE

From 1 January 2024, the Retained EU (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 takes effect which will remove general EU-derived laws and principles, creating a risk that the case law covering… Read more →

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Wedlake Bell Advises on Sale of CBW to Gravita and the Corresponding Pre-Sale Reorganisation of CBW Group

Wedlake Bell has advised the members of chartered accountancy firm Carter Backer Winter (“CBW“) on its sale to Gravita, a portfolio company of European tech investor Tenzing. The sale means that… Read more →

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Wedlake Bell Advises MSUK on Pre-Pack Acquisition of TV and Film Production Business

Wedlake Bell has advised MS by Joann Sfar UK Limited (“MSUK“) on its acquisition of the independent TV and film production business and assets of Filmwave Limited (in administration). Wedlake… Read more →

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Managing sickness absence – disability discrimination

Diagnoses of long term illnesses, such as Long Covid and those related to mental health, are on the increase. Alongside this is a a similar rise in disability claims being… Read more →

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Off the record conversations – reliance on the without prejudice rule and section 111A ERA – what are the limits?

It is often in the interests of the parties to any dispute to settle the matter quickly and amicably. Litigation, being expensive and time consuming, is generally seen as a… Read more →

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Are your Tipping Policies in Tip-Top Shape?

The Employment (Allocation of Tips) Bill (the “Tipping Bill”) is a private members’ bill that was backed by the (then) government at its second reading in Parliament in July 2022.… Read more →

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Guidance for Employers – time off on bank holidays

The last time we wrote about the right to take time off on bank holidays, it was in more jubilant times – the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee seems a long time… Read more →

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The Gender Pay Gap – Common pitfalls for employers

This article has been written jointly between Wedlake Bell and Spktral, a specialist organisation which focuses on pay gap analysis, specifically gender, ethnicity, sexuality and disability. What is the gender… Read more →

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The ongoing debate over worker status

“The employment status of gig economy workers has been a hot topic in employment law, culminating in the Supreme Court’s decision last year in Uber v Aslam. In that landmark case,… Read more →

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Banter – Just jokes or discrimination?

Yorkshire County Cricket Club (YCC) has recently been in the press after it passed off racial slurs made against one of its players as “in the spirit of friendly banter”.… Read more →

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RETURN TO WORK – POST COVID RESTRICTIONS

The on-going Covid pandemic has challenged long established working practices and businesses have had to adapt over the last 18 months. Some businesses may be considering a hybrid way of… Read more →

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Home Is Where the Workplace Is

On 19 July 2021, the government removed guidance that recommended that workers based in England should continue to work from home where they can. For some, a return to the… Read more →

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Returning to Work Post-Covid Restrictions

“Freedom Day” (the full lifting of all coronavirus restrictions in England) has been postponed until at least the 19 July 2021. If there is one thing that this pandemic has… Read more →

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Racism in the workplace – can you be liable for the acts of your employees and contractors?

Earlier this year, Alexandra Wilson, black author, family and criminal barrister got mistaken for a defendant in her place of work, the Magistrates’ court, by a fellow legal professional, a… Read more →

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A level playing field?

23 December 2019 marked 100 years since the Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act 1919 which allowed women to become solicitors, barristers and sit as magistrates, judges or on juries. This milestone… Read more →