Hybrid Working vs Working from Home: What are Employees Expecting Going Forward?
August 24th, 2022 by Stuart Smith
How successfully an employer manages hybrid working going forward, at a time when skills are in short supply, will be core to attracting skilled talent. In this article, Partners Emma Bartlett and Andrew Pavlovic consider what employees appear to be expecting, whether such expectations are both realistic and sustainable, and how employers can manage those […]
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The 4-Day Working Week Pilot – “The New Frontier for Competition?”
August 17th, 2022 by Stuart Smith
Just over a century ago, at the end of the first Word War and following the foundation of the International Labour Organisation, the average work week for industrial workers in the UK was reduced from 100 hours to 48 hours. At that time, some form of 8 hours per day standard was adopted widely across Europe, […]
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Tackling Workplace Culture Wars: What does the SRA’s Guidance on Workplace Environments and Consultation on Health & Wellbeing mean for Firms?
July 26th, 2022 by Stuart Smith
In this article, recently published in the New Law Journal, our regulatory and professional discipline partner, Andrew Pavlovic, considers the issues raised by the SRA’s current focus on workplace culture, looking at both the guidance/thematic Review on workplace environments and the consultation on health and wellbeing at work, and what this focus on culture means for firms.
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Why the Whistleblowing Bill must become Law
July 5th, 2022 by Stuart Smith
In this article, first published in The Law Society Gazette, our partner, Merrill April, discusses the need for a Whistleblowing Bill and greater protection for whistleblowers in the UK employment arena.
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Rage, rage against the dying of the light: time to rethink mandatory retirement for partners?
May 17th, 2022 by Stuart Smith
In this article, first published in The Global Legal Post, our Partner, Andrew Pavlovic, Managing Partner, Clare Murray, and Senior Associate, Pooja Dasgupta, discuss the potential legal and regulatory risks of partner age discrimination for professional services firms along with some practical tips on how firms can help to promote and maintain a positive and inclusive culture for older partners.
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In this article, first published by Accountancy Age, our regulatory and professional discipline partner, Andrew Pavlovic, shares insights on KPMG’s tribunal hearing, shedding light on the regulatory implications for the firm and individuals involved.
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Discrimination: Avoiding Claims from Pregnant Workers and New Mothers – Lessons from Recent Case Law
November 29th, 2021 by Stuart Smith
This article first appeared in Employment Law Journal in November 2021 Efforts made to reach a compromise position and to consider individual circumstances will help employers demonstrate that they have acted proportionately and will help to justify the chosen work pattern. Partner and General Counsel Beth Hale explores six cases which highlight the potential pitfalls […]
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The Essential Roadmap to Effectively Managing Partner Performance
September 28th, 2021 by Stuart Smith
It is vital to the ongoing success of professional services firms that partner performance is actively and effectively monitored and managed. Getting it right is likely to lead to increased partner satisfaction, retention levels and firm profitability. Getting it wrong could give rise to disgruntled partners, avoidable departures, exposure to the risk of claims and […]
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What are the Legal Duties of Employers towards their Employees in Managing a Safe Return to the Office?
September 8th, 2021 by Stuart Smith
Our Associate, Pooja Dasgupta, explores the legal duties owed by employers to their employees in managing the potential risks associated with returning to the office, and how they can best mitigate these risks, in this article first published by Governance and Compliance Magazine.
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Takeaways on the Enforceability of Non-Compete Clauses from UK Supreme Court Ruling in Harcus Sinclair LLP v. Your Lawyers Ltd.
September 6th, 2021 by Stuart Smith
In this article, published by Law360, Partner David Fisher and Associate Pooja Dasgupta revisit the key principles of the restraint of trade doctrine in Harcus Sinclair LLP v Your Lawyers Ltd. to consider the notable legal developments in this context, and the implications of the UK Supreme Court’s ruling on the doctrine, its third in three years.
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