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LawFlash/Client Alert | Labor and Employment LawFlash
Nick Thomas
Change will reduce collective consultation burden on UK employers and means that redundancy dismissals can take effect more quickly.
LawFlash/Client Alert | Immigration Alert
Gemma Goodhead, Tracy Evlogidis, Nicholas Hobson
UK Border Agency amends Tier 2 "cooling-off period" and intra-company transfers, supplementary employment allowances and youth mobility places for Tier 5 migrants, and indefinite-leave-to-remain rules.
LawFlash/Client Alert | Immigration Alert
Gemma Goodhead, Tracy Evlogidis, Nicholas Hobson
Employers that applied for sponsorship licences in November 2008 must renew now to avoid losing the ability to sponsor overseas workers in the future.
Outside Publication | Article
Celia Kendrick, Matthew Howse
LawFlash/Client Alert | Business and Finance LawFlash
Amanda Jennings
While the revised agreement provides some optional clauses that are beneficial to mezzanine creditors, many concerns still remain unresolved.
LawFlash/Client Alert | Financial Regulatory Reform LawFlash
Bruce Johnston, Thomas D'Ambrosio
OTC derivatives activity outside of the United States may be subject to US law.
LawFlash/Client Alert | Private Investment Funds LawFlash
William Yonge
Proposed guidelines set out policies and practices to be used by alternative investment fund managers in designing compensation plans for certain senior staff.
LawFlash/Client Alert | Immigration Alert
Gemma Goodhead, Tracy Evlogidis, Nicholas Hobson
Additional changes will further restrict employers' use of the Tier 2 (Sponsored Skilled Worker) category, and the increased maintenance requirement will impose a greater burden on migrants.
LawFlash/Client Alert | Business and Finance LawFlash
Jan Klumb, Ann Baker, Rima Maîtrehenry, Ethan Johnson, Torsten Schwarze, William Yonge, Rebecca Leon
Long-awaited amendments to the EU regime governing public offers of securities take effect on 1 July 2012.
LawFlash/Client Alert | Labor and Employment LawFlash
Celia Kendrick, Matthew Howse
Government's efforts to spur economic growth lengthen the qualifying period for unfair dismissal claims and streamline Employment Tribunal procedures.
LawFlash/Client Alert | Labor and Employment LawFlash
Matthew Howse, Robert Sinclair
Long awaited judgment from the Court of Appeal focuses on the merits of the 'cost-alone' argument.
LawFlash/Client Alert | Advertising, Consumer Protection, and Privacy LawFlash
Celia Kendrick, François Vergne, Matthew Howse, Walter Ahrens
European Commission proposal for a new General Data Protection Regulation aims to strengthen and harmonise data protection law across Europe.
LawFlash/Client Alert | Labor and Employment LawFlash
Rachel Ashwood
Radical reforms to the UK employment law system—possibly the most radical in decades—were outlined on 23 November by Vince Cable, the UK's Business Secretary. The announcement came after months of s... more
LawFlash/Client Alert | Business and Finance LawFlash
Iain Wright
On 19 September, a number of changes to the City Code on Takeovers and Mergers (the City Code), the regime that governs public company takeovers and similar transactions affecting the control of public comp... more
LawFlash/Client Alert | Labor and Employment LawFlash
Labor and Employment Practice
In the UK, the question of whether an individual is an employee, a worker, or self-employed is an important one because the rights that the law provides to the individual vary depending on his or her status. Fo... more
Presentation | Webinar
Iain Wright, Alison Tanchyk, Eric Kraeutler
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LawFlash/Client Alert | White Collar LawFlash
Iain Wright, Dana Becker, Alison Tanchyk, Eric Kraeutler
On 30 March, the United Kingdom Ministry of Justice issued long-awaited guidance for business organisations preparing for the implementation of the UK Bribery Act (the Act), now scheduled for 1 July 2011. The A... more
LawFlash/Client Alert | Tax LawFlash
E.S. Kate Habershon
On 23 March, UK Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne released his second budget. Unlike his first budget in 2010, which was a "rescue" budget containing a number of cuts, this budget is a "plan for growth... more
LawFlash/Client Alert | Labor and Employment LawFlash
Labor and Employment Practice
On 16 March 2011, the UK government published its statement of policy in relation to the changes to Tier 1 of the points-based immigration system in the UK. From 6 April 2011, Tier 1 (General) will be closed no... more
LawFlash/Client Alert | Labor and Employment LawFlash
Mark Dichter, Matthew Howse
In preparation for changes to the UK's point-based immigration system coming into effect from 6 April 2011, the UK Government has published a "statement of intent" which explains how the points-based system is to be cha... more