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:
News and Views on Employment and Pensions Issues
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:
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:
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 case of Meaker v Cyxtera Technology UK Limited serves as an important reminder to employers of the importance of ensuring that letters of dismissal are appropriately clear and unambiguous. The employer in this case wanted to rely on a letter it had sent to an employee referring to a termination date but which was…
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…
With 2022 now over, we look ahead to the key developments that look set to shape the UK employment legal landscape in 2023 and beyond.
New employment rights
Whilst the Government’s promised Employment Bill now looks unlikely to materialise, in 2022 the Government instead announced that it intended to support a raft of private members’…
In this episode of the Mayer Brown employment podcast, Chris Fisher looks at a recent case where an employer was unable to claim legal privilege over a grievance investigation report which they had sent to their lawyers for advice the day after it had been finalised, and before it had been sent to the employee. …
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…
The UK Government has published further guidance, late on the evening of Friday 12 June 2020, in relation to the Furlough Scheme. In light of this, we have produced an update highlighting the key and important changes that are being made.
To read the full update, please visit MayerBrown.com.