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    Bevan Brittan appoints third female senior partner in a row

    by Jo Faragher 8 Mar 2021
    by Jo Faragher 8 Mar 2021

    A law firm is celebrating International Women’s Day with the appointment of its third female senior partner in a row....

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    Grant Eldred joins Clifford Chance as chief people officer

    by Jo Faragher 25 Feb 2021
    by Jo Faragher 25 Feb 2021

    Eldred starts new role in April, having previously worked as global head of HR transformation at Goldman Sachs. He will sit on the firm’s executive operations group.

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    • Employment law
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    Supreme Court: Uber drivers are workers

    by Personnel Today 19 Feb 2021
    by Personnel Today 19 Feb 2021

    Uber loses final possible appeal against employment tribunal judgment that its drivers are entitled to workers' rights.

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    ‘No jab, no job’ recruitment is legal says justice secretary

    by Adam McCulloch 18 Feb 2021
    by Adam McCulloch 18 Feb 2021

    Justice secretary Robert Buckland has said only enlisting new staff once they had been inoculated was possible if it was written into their contracts.

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    ‘Don’t confuse flexible working with remote working’

    by Adam McCulloch 16 Feb 2021
    by Adam McCulloch 16 Feb 2021

    The rewards of establishing a functioning hybrid model of working are many, says EY, but businesses should be under no illusion about the challenges they face.

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    Law firms award bonuses over salary increases

    by Ashleigh Webber 15 Feb 2021
    by Ashleigh Webber 15 Feb 2021

    Law firms have been rewarding staff with regular or ‘spot’ bonuses to make up for pay cuts or freezes made when the Covid-19 pandemic first hit.

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    KPMG chair steps aside after unconscious bias comments

    by Adam McCulloch 12 Feb 2021
    by Adam McCulloch 12 Feb 2021

    The UK chair of KPMG has stepped aside while the professional services company looks into what he told staff during a virtual meeting.

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    Pension Schemes Act hailed as ‘landmark’

    by Adam McCulloch 12 Feb 2021
    by Adam McCulloch 12 Feb 2021

    The new pensions act introduces specific criminal offences designed to prevent employers raiding pension pots and running pensions into the ground.

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    Staff don’t expect to return to office before June

    by Ashleigh Webber 11 Feb 2021
    by Ashleigh Webber 11 Feb 2021

    Office workers across Europe do not expect to return to the workplace until at least the summer, according to a survey.

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    KPMG chair apologises for ‘stop moaning’ lockdown comment

    by Adam McCulloch 10 Feb 2021
    by Adam McCulloch 10 Feb 2021

    Financial services employees were told to 'stop moaning' and 'playing the victim card' by Bill Michael, who has subsequently apologised.

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    ‘HR must focus on employees’ existing skills’

    by Adam McCulloch 10 Feb 2021
    by Adam McCulloch 10 Feb 2021

    ‘Skills adjacencies’ need to be developed before businesses' skills gaps become debilitating.

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    Legal sector denies claim that tribunal judges are ‘inexperienced’

    by Ashleigh Webber 1 Feb 2021
    by Ashleigh Webber 1 Feb 2021

    Article in The Times attacking employment tribunals over quality of judges and number of ‘equality cases’ comes under fire over alleged distortions.

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    Action needed to cut Covid-19 spread in courts

    by Ashleigh Webber 22 Jan 2021
    by Ashleigh Webber 22 Jan 2021

    Courts in England and Wales are ‘unsafe’ and have failed to implement Covid-19 secure measures across all buildings, organisations representing...

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    Pandemic’s lasting legacy to be key theme of the People in Law Conference 2021

    by Personnel Today 22 Jan 2021
    by Personnel Today 22 Jan 2021

    The long-term effects of Covid-19, creating an ideal culture and how learnings from other industries can be applied to the...

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    Opinion: ‘Be wary of hysteria over workers’ rights claims’

    by Adam McCulloch 21 Jan 2021
    by Adam McCulloch 21 Jan 2021

    There should be no cause for alarm as the government looks at workers' rights – the working time directive is neither here nor there

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