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Hiring & Firing refers to the process of recruiting, interviewing and offering employment and the process of evaluating performance and dismissing employees. Hiring & Firing is a highly regulated area and can create tremendous liability for employers who fail to properly adhere to acceptable employment practices. Some of the potential pitfalls in this area stem from discriminatory hiring practices, improper performance evaluations, and retaliatory firings.  less -
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UK Parliament Proposes Increased Penalties for Failure to Consult in a Collective Redundancy

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The Employment Rights Bill has undergone significant amendments in March 2025 as it progresses through Parliament. Included in the amended bill are changes addressing redundancy and the controversial practice of “fire and...more

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Employment Rights Bill: Crucial Updates for UK Employers Ahead of Final Commons Vote Tomorrow

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As anticipated, the Employment Rights Bill (ERB) continues to evolve — the latest development being the release of an amendment paper last week. But what do these latest changes really mean for U.K. employers?...more

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Cross-Border Legal Perspectives: Comparing the UK’s and Germany’s Approaches to Unfair Dismissal

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Welcome back to our “cross-border perspectives” series, where we compare employment law and practice from an international perspective, drawing on the experience of local and international employment lawyers who deal with...more

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AI in HR - What You Need to Know

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BCLP recently hosted a seminar on AI in HR. In this thought-provoking session, we considered how AI is used in HR and its regulation in the EU and the UK, and then engaged in some discussions around two theoretical scenarios....more

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10 Biggest Changes in United Kingdom’s Sweeping New Employment Rights Bill: What U.S. Employers Can Do To Prepare

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The United Kingdom just introduced a landmark new Employment Rights Bill, aimed at ending unfair employment practices and helping to deliver economic growth. According to the United Kingdom’s Prime Minister’s Office, this is...more

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(Allegedly) Criminal Employees: How to Handle the Related HR Issues in the UK

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How should an employer respond when an employee is accused, charged, or convicted of a crime? ...more

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A New Entity Abroad, Part I - Hiring Employees

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One of the primary concerns for an organization that wants to start conducting business in a new country must be the laws of the specific country. Employment regulations vary widely from country to country and may be so...more

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New UK Government: Employment Law Reforms – What Employers Need to Know

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With a new Labour government comfortably moved into Whitehall, employers across England, Wales and Scotland should expect several employment law reforms to affect everyday business decisions in the coming months. Labour set...more

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Labour’s Proposed Employment Law Reforms: Our First Weekly Pre-election Guide - Removing Qualifying Periods and Increasing...

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Following last week's insight, "Labour's manifesto and employment law - what can employers expect?", we focus this week on the specific issue of removing qualifying periods and increasing statutory time limits....more

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Firing and Rehiring in the UK: A New Code

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New statutory guidance has been published about controversial “fire and rehire” practices, where an employer dismisses a worker to then rehire them on different terms — a tactic typically used to compel an employee to accept...more

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Employment Terms - A View From Both Sides of the Pond

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As businesses look to expand their operations globally, we are increasingly seeing HR leaders taking a strategic view on how they want to engage their workforce across different jurisdictions. There is a greater push from...more

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[Webinar] Looking Ahead to 2024: Global Labor and Employment Legal Update - December 6th, 11:30 am - 2:00 pm EST

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Following a dynamic year coupled with a continually evolving legal landscape, employers may feel that they are left with more questions than answers. Join us for an in-depth webinar that will unpack the most pertinent legal...more

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UK: Employee Unfairly Dismissed for Failure to Install App on Personal Phone

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A recent employment tribunal case, Alsnih v. Al Quds Al-Arabi Publishing & Advertising, ruled that a journalist was unfairly dismissed for refusing to install a work-related app on her personal phone. The app was considered...more

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Promises, promises - High Court prevents employer dismissing and re-engaging staff

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The High Court of Justice for England and Wales has prevented an employer from dismissing employees and offering to re-engage them on new terms. As the employer was seeking to remove a right to enhanced pay that it had...more

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UK High Court Halts Deployment of ‘Fire and Rehire’ Intended to Change Terms of Employment

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The High Court of England and Wales in USDAW & Others v Tesco Stores Limited granted an injunction on 3 February preventing an international retailer, Tesco, from deploying “fire and rehire” to phase out an employee benefit....more

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Fair to dismiss unvaccinated care home worker

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An English employment tribunal decided that it was fair for an employer to dismiss a care home worker when she refused to be vaccinated against COVID-19. However, employers should not assume that the decision means that it...more

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Avoiding fire and rehire - ACAS publishes guidance

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Using “fire and rehire” as a way to implement changes to terms and conditions of employment has become increasingly controversial in the UK in recent years. In October the government blocked legislation that would have made...more

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Let’s talk about it – UK government publishes flexible working consultation

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The UK government published a consultation paper on making flexible working the default. Possible changes to the current framework include removing the service requirement for making a request, allowing more than one request...more

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(E)ESG - Why It Matters to Employment Experts

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In our hyper-transparent and increasingly joined up world, the concepts of corporate social responsibility and socially responsible investing are gaining greater currency. Over the last decade, and catalysed by COVID-19 over...more

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Employment News: health and safety, pay reporting

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First tribunal guidance on "serious and imminent" danger in context of COVID-19 - In Rodgers v Leeds Laser Cutting Ltd the Employment Tribunal considered whether an employee had been unfairly dismissed for refusing to attend...more

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Don't Forget to Refresh Your Equality and Diversity Training Regularly

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Notwithstanding the obvious ethical goals, we all know that driving equality and diversity forward is imperative to brand protection, employee retention, recruitment and ultimately revenue generation. As an employer, there...more

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UK HR Two Minute Monthly: post-termination restrictions; discrimination and victimisation claims; right to respect for private...

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Our January update considers recent developments in employment law, including cases on post-termination restrictions, interim relief for discrimination and victimisation claims, and the right to respect private life. We also...more

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Littler Global Guide - United Kingdom - Q3 2019

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The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) provided useful clarity on when an act by an employee is done “in the course of employment” making the employer liable. The claimant had seen a colleague’s social media post featuring a...more

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Littler Global Guide - United Kingdom - Q2 2019

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Enhanced Shared Parental Pay Lower than Enhanced Maternity Pay Not Discriminatory - Precedential Decision by Judiciary or Regulatory Agency - On May 24, 2019, the UK Court of Appeal held that it is not discriminatory...more

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Employment Law News for 2016

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A belated happy new year to you all! To celebrate the beginning of 2016 we're cantering through some key employment law news stories from the past few months below. As always, please do get in touch with a member of the team...more

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