Deadline looming to implement UK international transfer of personal data amendments
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Commercial contracts and agreements
Incoming changes to UK data protection laws means those using the EU standard contractual clauses to safely transfer personal data outside the UK are to update their documentation to bring them into line with equivalent UK-mandated contractual clauses.
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Amy Peacey
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Debt Recovery team highlight: Overpaid wages to employees
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Overpaid wages to employees can happen for a variety of reasons, from a simple accounting error to failing to ‘click’ a button at the end of a temporary promotion. It is important for an employer to recover the overpaid wages from the employee in a legal and ethical manner.
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Dismissal for leaving work and refusing to return during the pandemic was not an automatically unfair dismissal
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The pandemic has brought a number of employment issues to the fore, including whistleblowing and health and safety dismissals, both of which can give rise to an automatic unfair dismissal claim for which there is no minimum service requirement.
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The amount of inheritance tax (IHT) paid on gifts has seen a 153% increase since 2011, lawyers are warning people to address their financial planning to avoid being caught out.
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Paul Davies
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Employer’s duty of care during the coronavirus crisis
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If the current lockdown extends much further, homeworking may require a health and safety analysis. From one’s workstation to the need for regular breaks, employees will be advised on how to avoid risks.
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On 29 April 2021 the Fire Safety Bill – the subject of much debate and commentary – received Royal Assent. It is a short piece of legislation: it contains just four sections and amends the current Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 (FSO).
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