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COVID-19: Employee absence and holidays In the fifth podcast in this series, Katherine Flower and Clare Fletcher navigate a number of COVID-related absence scenarios and provide practical solutions for employers. In the fifth podcast in this series, Katherine Flower and Clare Flet... Recent pension law developments - August 2020 Richard Goldstein covers the latest guidance on GMP equalisation; an important European Court decision on data transfers outside the EEA; and the latest decision concerning the Safeway pension scheme regarding equalisation of normal retirement age. ... A Labour Government – will it ‘Make Work Pay’? The UK General Election on 4 July 2024 resulted in the first Labour Government in 14 years. This in turn heralds the biggest reform of employment law for a generation. Labour’s proposals in their ‘Plan to Make Work Pay’ promise wide-ranging changes, inclu... ESG in the year of the election Join partner Harry Hecht and our Head of Business and Human Rights Moira Thompson Oliver as they sit down with Michael Arnold, partner at Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, to discuss the politicisation of ESG against the backdrop of elections in the UK, US... The impact of COVID-19 on Executive Remuneration In this podcast, Gillian Fairfield and Ian Brown discuss Executive Remuneration and the issues facing Remuneration Committees in the current crisis. In this podcast, Gillian Fairfield and Ian Brown discuss Executive Remuneration and the issues facing Remu... Employment Bulletin - March 2023 Topics covered in this bulletin: “Without prejudice” privilege did not apply to termination discussions Investment Association Shareholder Priorities for 2023: diversity targets Decision to overturn rejection of flexible working request did not preve... Data Privacy Newsletter - Issue 21 In this issue: Regulator guidance, DPDI Reform, enforcement actions, views from South East Asia, Data Protection and Privacy at Slaughter and May It was fantastic to see so many of you again in person at our Data Privacy Forum in December. We greatly enj... 2023 HR Budget Briefing Despite the Government having made a number of other “fiscal statements” in the last 12 months, today’s Budget still contained a number of new and noteworthy tax and financial support measures affecting employees and their employers. Cha... Competition & Regulatory Newsletter: European Commission clarifies concerns by issuing new Statement of Objections to Apple over App store rules The European Commission has recently issued a new Statement of Objections to Apple, clarifying its concerns in respect of Apple’s App Store rules for music streaming providers. This replaces a prior Statement of Objections sent to Apple in April 202... BLOG: Relief for R&D Expenditure: A Brief Respite or a Change in Strategy? In what feels like an everchanging landscape of UK tax relief on research and development (R&D) expenditure, Chancellor Jeremy Hunt in his Spring Budget 2023 announced further reforms to the UK R&D tax relief regime and hinted at the UK Government...