Gender pay gap reporting is not just about producing the right data, in the right way and at the right time. Just as important is the story behind the gap and how you communicate this, both externally and internally. Continue reading
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September 28, 2017
Successfully managing your organisation’s gender pay gap reporting: the role of communication and engagement
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September 25, 2017
What’s on the agenda for in-house lawyers in October 2017?
Key items on the agenda for businesses this month include assessing the government’s proposals on corporate governance reform, continuing to prepare for the GDPR and several changes to intellectual property legislation.
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September 12, 2017
EU vision for intellectual property rights post-Brexit
In its position paper for discussion with the EU27 at the Council working party of 7 September 2017, the European Commission sets out its initial expectations for intellectual property rights after withdrawal of the UK from the EU, in particular in relation to geographical indications and exhaustion of rights. While short, at just five pages long, it indicates the Commission’s high level priorities and marks a start of the negotiations around intellectual property and Brexit.
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September 7, 2017
Your modern slavery statement: making it a lifestyle choice
To borrow a much overused and somewhat clichéd term from the weight loss industry, your UK Modern Slavery Act (MSA) statement is not a diet, it is a lifestyle. Your company has to live and breathe the principles and policies that you have chosen to implement with the purpose of eradicating slavery in your supply chain. If management and the people in charge of implementation do not believe in the company’s MSA policies, they will have nothing to report at the end of the year.
So how do you turn the MSA diet into a lifestyle? Continue reading
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September 4, 2017
Brexit: August round-up
The UK government published a flurry of Brexit position papers in August, including papers on continuity in availability of goods and confidentiality, and access to documents; the exchange and protection of personal data; cross-border civil judicial cooperation; and enforcement and dispute resolution.
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September 1, 2017
Tips on using social media effectively during a corporate crisis
As the old adage goes, it’s never a good idea to make friends in a crisis, particularly one being played out in front of your eyes on social media. GCs and legal teams should therefore prepare in advance and acquire a thorough understanding of how social media can help and hinder when something unexpected happens.
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August 29, 2017
Sometimes you need to break a few eggs – What Betty Crocker taught me about compliance
When considering local leaders and how to put them front and centre of ethics and compliance activities, we have much to learn from Betty Crocker.
REUTERS | Mike Blake
August 25, 2017
What’s on the agenda for in-house lawyers in September 2017?
Key items on the agenda for businesses this month include the expected publication of the Data Protection Bill, the coming into force of the corporate offence of failure to prevent facilitation of tax evasion and dealing with the implications of the Supreme Court’s judgment on employment tribunal fees.
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August 16, 2017
Employee “consent” under the GDPR
Currently, many companies rely on their employees’ consent to process their personal data and short consents are often included in employment contracts for that purpose. The benefits of this approach are obvious: rather than having to determine which legal basis (from a number of potential legal bases for the processing of employee data) applies to each category of employees’ personal data, an employer can simply rely on an all-encompassing consent (see Practice note, Employer obligations under the Data Protection Act 1998: Schedule 2 conditions). Continue reading
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August 10, 2017
Supreme Court judgment on ET fees: an in-house point of view
After the recent landmark Supreme Court judgment on ET fees, which confirmed the importance of access to justice, we have seen reams of commentary on the possible implications and expected outcomes for claimants and respondents, and their lawyers.
What about the in-house perspective?
At BT we conduct our employment tribunal claims in-house, including all advocacy. Our in-house team therefore has a unique take on the impact of the introduction of ET fees in 2013 and their subsequent withdrawal, both in terms of the number of claims received and the way they were conducted.