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June 20, 2024
Ex-Racecourse Assoc. Worker Can Revive Maternity Bias Case
An accountant won her bid on Thursday to revive her pregnancy discrimination case, with an appeals panel saying an employment tribunal failed to consider whether her redundancy was legitimate or, as she claimed, the result of maternity discrimination.
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June 20, 2024
Seven Law Firms Recognized For Work On Gender Equality
Business in the Community named seven law firms on Thursday in an updated list of the 50 top employers for gender equality in the U.K., with Linklaters LLP the sole representative of the Magic Circle.
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June 20, 2024
Aegon Plans ESG Shakeup Of £12B Workplace Pension Fund
Pensions provider Aegon on Thursday announced a raft of measures to overhaul its £12 billion ($15.2 billion) workplace retirement fund, as it plots to reduce its carbon emissions and invest more in unlisted assets.
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June 20, 2024
Law Firm Disputes Pension Deal Capacity Concerns
Most small retirement savings plans have little trouble carrying out an insurance transaction, a law firm has found, despite fears of a capacity crunch in the pensions deals market.
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June 20, 2024
Law Firm Wrongly Axed Pregnant Lawyer's Promotion
A law firm discriminated against a solicitor when it withdrew its offer to promote her to director after learning she was pregnant and later fired her, an employment tribunal has ruled.
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June 19, 2024
Drivers Sue Amazon Over Alleged Work Visa Scam
A group of drivers for Amazon who say they were lured to the U.K. from Spain as part of a sophisticated visa scam have filed an employment claim against the retail giant and its logistics provider.
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June 19, 2024
Sales Reps Win Discrimination Claim Over 'Somali Pirate' Slur
An employment tribunal has ruled that used car seller Stellantis & You discriminated against two sales advisers following evidence of racial slurs, including staff calling one a "Somali pirate" and another a "Black bastard."
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June 19, 2024
Gaming Execs Deny Copying Ex-Firm's Code For New Game
Two former directors of an online gambling company have denied its claim that they plagiarized copyrighted source code for its "Slingo" online betting game to produce several competing products through the rival business they joined.
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June 19, 2024
Barrister Sanctioned Over Fight At The Opera
A barrister was sanctioned by a disciplinary board on Wednesday for getting into a fistfight at an opera as the panel found that he had behaved in a way that is likely to diminish public trust in the legal profession.
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June 19, 2024
Fieldfisher Steers £165M Mineral Biz Pension Deal
Insurance giant Aviva said on Wednesday that it has completed a full retirement savings plan buy-in worth £165 million ($210 million) sponsored by mineral miner and processor Sibelco UK Ltd., in a deal guided by Fieldfisher LLP.
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June 18, 2024
NHS Surgeon Loses Appeal Over Fixed-Term Status
A locum consultant breast surgeon lost her bid to become a permanent employee at a London hospital trust Tuesday after an appellate judge found that the trust was entitled to keep her on a fixed-term contract.
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June 18, 2024
Solicitor Who Stalked Ex-Girlfriend Struck Off
A solicitor convicted of stalking over repeatedly kicking his ex-girlfriend's door and threatening to "sort her out" has been struck off by a tribunal Tuesday.
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June 18, 2024
Judges Fight For Higher Pay When Acting In Senior Roles
A group of judges told the Employment Tribunal on Tuesday that they are being unfairly underpaid, arguing that when they occasionally act in more senior roles they should be paid the same as the judges in those higher positions.
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June 18, 2024
HSBC Manager Won't Be Reinstated After Unfair Dismissal
An employment tribunal has refused to order HSBC to reinstate a former manager after it unfairly dismissed her in a flawed redundancy process, finding that the bank would have ended her employment on the same day anyway.
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June 18, 2024
Manufacturer Demands Ex-Director Gives Up Personal Emails
A chemicals manufacturer is suing its former director for keeping hold of his personal email addresses after he left the job, which it claims contain business invoices and information about the company's performance.
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June 17, 2024
Law Firm Worker Wins Bid To Quash Disciplinary Sanctions
A legal worker successfully got his sanction quashed by a disciplinary tribunal on Monday, with the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal overturning a ban placed on him for allegedly misleading the court and pretending to be a solicitor when he was not qualified in England and Wales.
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June 17, 2024
Blind Man Denied A Work Buddy Wins Discrimination Claim
A blind employee won his discrimination case against a Welsh bakery when an employment tribunal found that the bakery didn't give him time to familiarize himself with his surroundings or offer him a "buddy" while he adjusted to his new workplace.
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June 17, 2024
Foreign Exchange Biz To Pay £61K Over Demotion
A foreign exchange firm must pay £61,993 ($78,535) to a senior employee after an employment tribunal ruled that its decision to nix his desk management role was a demotion that amounted to a dismissal.
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June 17, 2024
Judge Axes Ex-Stobart CEO's Conspiracy Claim
Allowing Stobart Group's former chief executive to reargue that he was the victim of a conspiracy to remove him as chair would be "an abuse of process," a London court ruled Monday as it struck out his claim against the company and five of its directors.
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June 17, 2024
Housing Trust Workers Win £95K Over Racial Bias Claims
A tribunal has ordered one of the U.K.'s largest housing associations to pay two mixed-race employees a total of almost £95,000 ($120,000) after ruling that it had failed to ensure that its recruitment process avoided racial bias.
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June 14, 2024
Tesco Car Crash Scammer Found In Contempt
A scammer who made a false compensation claim against Tesco over a staged traffic accident was on Friday found in contempt of court for having another man impersonate him in a hearing and trying to blame his lawyers for the fraudulent claim.
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June 14, 2024
Malicious Falsehood Ruling Casts Doubt On Law's Efficacy
A decision by the U.K.'s highest court refusing to award damages without proof of financial loss in a malicious falsehood claim has called into question the effectiveness of a law designed to make claims easier to bring.
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June 14, 2024
Ex-Chelsea FC Employee Loses Bid To Toss Harassment Loss
A former Chelsea Football Club Ltd. groundsman lost his battle in a London court Friday to overturn a ruling that he had forfeited his chance to defend against his ex-employer's harassment claim after a judge said he had "no real answer" for not responding to the club.
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June 14, 2024
Judge Wins OK To Challenge Secretive Appointment Process
A district court judge has won permission to bring her case that a secretive part of the process for appointing judges is unlawful, after the Court of Appeal ruled that a judicial review is in the public interest.
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June 14, 2024
Sony Accountant Loses £750K Equal Pay Claim
A former PlayStation accountant has lost her claim for sex and race discrimination and unfair dismissal, with a tribunal finding that her complaints against Sony were "routine workplace issues" that did not constitute discrimination.
Expert Analysis
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The Case For Company-Directed Offensive ESG Litigation
Rather than treat environmental, social and governance litigation as a source of liability, there is a serious benefit for companies and their lawyers to evaluate and pursue offensive ESG litigation, says Bob Koneck at Woodsford.
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How ESG Matters Are Influencing M&A Due Diligence Trends
With a proliferation of environmental, social and governance-related regulatory developments and a desire to comply with best practice, ESG matters have become an increasingly important area of focus for both clients and advisers in M&A transactions, say attorneys at Sullivan & Cromwell.
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Steps Toward Eliminating Slavery In Apparel Supply Chains
To minimize regulatory, operational and reputational risks associated with human trafficking activity, apparel companies should assess whether they have sufficiently robust and accurate reporting on their end-to-end supply chains, and ensure they can meet U.S. Customs and Border Protection evidentiary requirements, say consultants at FTI Consulting.
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New Anti-Modern Slavery Bill Unlikely To Accomplish Goals
A new bill has been introduced to increase the accountability of organizations to tackle modern slavery, but without requiring the establishment of a corporate strategy and imposing sanctions for noncompliance, the U.K.'s response to modern slavery in general is unlikely to meaningfully improve, says Alice Lepeuple at WilmerHale.
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ESG Regs Abroad Offer Road Map For US Multinational Cos.
Recent regulations in the European Union and United Kingdom mandate certain companies to disclose climate-related and other environmental, social and governance information to investors, serving as a harbinger of things to come in the U.S., say Petrina McDaniel and Shing Tse at Squire Patton, and Kimberly Chainey at AptarGroup.
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How Will UK Use New Penalties For Debt-Dodging Directors?
Thomas Shortland at Cohen & Gresser discusses the scope of the new disqualification regime for company directors who dissolve their businesses to avoid paying back state COVID-19 loans, and identifies factors that may affect how frequently the government exercises the new powers.
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How Immune Are State Agents From Foreign Courts?
The ongoing case of Basfar v. Wong is the latest to raise questions about the boundary between commercial or private activity and the exercise of sovereign authority that shields state agents from foreign judicial scrutiny — and the U.K. Supreme Court's upcoming decision in the matter will likely bring clarity on exceptions to the immunity doctrine, say Andrew Stafford QC and Oleg Shaulko at Kobre & Kim.
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Human Rights-Focused Lending Models Can Curb Trafficking
In light of increased environmental, social and governance attention and the 10th anniversary of the United Nations’ adoption of the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, the financial sector should expand and align its anti-trafficking efforts with ESG measures by linking human rights outcomes to lending frameworks, say Sarah Byrne and Ed Ivey at Moore & Van Allen.
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Green Investments Are Not Immune To ESG Scrutiny
As investment informed and motivated by environmental, social and governance considerations accelerates, companies and investors in the green technology sector must keep in mind that regulators, consumers and communities will not grant them free passes on the full range of ESG concerns, say Michael Murphy and Kyle Guest at Gibson Dunn.
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What G-7 Xinjiang Focus Means For UK And US Companies
Attorneys at King & Spalding consider the shifting legal and political landscape, highlighted at last month's G-7 summit, around eradicating forced labor in China’s northwest Xinjiang region, and what U.K. and U.S. businesses with supply chain exposure should do to mitigate their legal, financial and reputational exposure.
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UK Employment Case May Lead To New Discrimination Suits
The recent Maya Forstater case before the U.K. Employment Appeals Tribunal, concerning whether gender-critical beliefs are a protected characteristic, could provoke an influx of discrimination cases on the basis that philosophical beliefs could trump other protected characteristics, says Jules Quinn at King & Spalding.
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Opinion
Nestle Ruling Shows Supply Chain Human Rights Flaws
The Supreme Court's recent ruling in Nestle v. Doe — blocking claims that chocolate makers aided and abetted child slavery in Africa — underscores the need for federal legislation to ensure that U.S. corporation supply chains are not complicit in human rights abuses overseas, says Alexandra Dufresne at the Zurich University of Applied Sciences.
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Addressing Environmental Justice As Part Of ESG Initiatives
Recent calls for racial equity and government regulators' increasing focus on social and environmental concerns make this a good time for companies to integrate environmental justice into their environmental, social and governance efforts, say Stacey Halliday and Julius Redd at Beveridge & Diamond, and Jesse Glickstein at Hewlett Packard.
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2 UK Pension Cases Guide On 3rd-Party Due Diligence
The U.K. Court of Appeal's recent decision in Adams v. Options UK, and upcoming hearing in Financial Conduct Authority v. Avacade, highlight important precautions self-invested personal pension operators should take when dealing with unauthorized third parties, says Paul Ashcroft at Wedlake Bell.
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US Cos. Must Get Ready For EU Human Rights, Climate Policy
The European Union will likely adopt new human rights and climate change regulations for corporations — so U.S. companies and investors should assess their risk exposure and implement compliance processes tailored to their industries, locations and supply chains, say David Lakhdhir and Mark Bergman at Paul Weiss.