In case you missed it, the latest edition of Insights, our employment, benefits and mobility publication, is now out.

Highlighting key critical topics for businesses, Insights includes perspectives from a range of jurisdictions on topical issues:

  • Spotlight Q&A with Miriam Bruce and Francesca Ingham: Business Protection & Team Moves
  • The latest legal update from our US team considers the FTC’s ‘Final Rule’ on non-compete clauses in the US.

    The Final Rule introduces significant changes to non-compete clauses as it provides that, with respect to most workers, it is an “unfair method of competition” for an employer to:

    • enter into or attempt to enter into

    This month, the latest instalment of annual increases relating to the minimum wage, the maximum claim amounts awarded in the Employment Tribunal and other statutory rates takes effect. We set out below the main rates and limits that employers should be aware of.

    1. Increase in minimum wage

    The national minimum wage increased from £10.42

    The Government is consulting on a draft Code of Practice that will regulate the practice of dismissal and re-engagement, or “fire and re-hire”, as it has become known more recently.  This is the practice that became particularly controversial following the dismissal by P&O of 800 staff in 2022, in order to replace them with lower-cost

    An analysis of court records conducted by the Menopause Experts Group found that there has been an increase of 44% in the number of employment tribunal claims citing menopause in 2021, when compared to the number of claims in 2020. Of these 23 claims, 16 fell under disability discrimination, 14 claimed unfair dismissal, and 10

    During the COVID-19 pandemic, data privacy – and, in particular, employee data privacy – has been at the forefront of employers’ minds. In the last six months, employers across the globe have been required to give careful thought to a whole host of potential issues, from contact tracing apps to temperature and other health checks