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April 02, 2024
Insurers Say Pension Models Could Undercut Auto-Enrollment
Government plans to introduce new pension pot models risk undermining the success of automatic enrollment and could have a negative impact on retirement saver outcomes, the Association of British Insurers has warned.
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April 01, 2024
Autonomy Paid Whistleblower $750K Over Firing, Jury Told
Autonomy's former U.S. chief financial officer testified Monday in the California criminal fraud trial of ex-CEO Michael Lynch that he was fired after blowing the whistle to British regulators about accounting irregularities, and revealed that Autonomy later paid him $750,000 to resolve his wrongful termination claims.
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March 28, 2024
Security Guard Wins £84K Over Harassment, Discrimination
A security guard has won £84,000 ($106,147) in compensation after proving several claims of discrimination and harassment based on sex, race and disability, after a tribunal said the security firm that employed her paid "scant regard" to the Equality Act.
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March 28, 2024
Taylor Wimpey Unfairly Dismissed Trainee With Muscle Issue
Taylor Wimpey discriminated against a former management trainee with a muscle wasting condition after failing to make reasonable adjustments to support his training and dismissing him out of the blue, an employment tribunal in Scotland has ruled.
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March 28, 2024
Truck Co. Sues Ex-Boss For £216K Over Tax Dodge Scheme
A British truck dealership is suing its former managing director for more than £216,000 ($273,000), alleging that he left the company liable for a huge back tax bill by setting up a fraudulent salary sacrifice scheme to rent a house.
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March 28, 2024
'Gender Critical' College Teacher Loses Unfair Dismissal Case
A school did not discriminate against a teacher based on his "gender critical" beliefs when it axed him for refusing to refer to a student using their preferred name and pronouns, a tribunal has ruled.
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March 28, 2024
Pension Watchdog Returns £3.5M To Troubled Scheme
The U.K.'s pension watchdog has recovered £3.5 million ($4.4 million) from an engineering business for its beleaguered staff benefits plan.
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March 28, 2024
UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
This past week in London has seen investors target fraudsters who ran a fake film tax scheme, Barclays Bank sue privately owned Russian bank PJSC Sovcombank, easyGroup bring a trademark infringement claim against online casino TGI Entertainment for its "easybet" word sign, and a bioethanol fuel company hit high-profile individuals connected to the collapsed Elysian Fuels scheme. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.
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March 28, 2024
New Pension General Code Comes Into Force
A tough new governance regime for pension trustees has been introduced, in what experts say is a significant step in driving up standards for the sector.
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March 28, 2024
UK To Nullify NDAs That Stop People Reporting Crimes
Non-disclosure agreements that prevent victims from reporting potential crimes are to become unenforceable, the government said Thursday as it announced plans to "clarify" the law governing the controversial contracts.
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March 27, 2024
Increase Sick Pay And Offer It To All Workers, MPs Say
Statutory sick pay is falling short of its role as a safety net and should be increased to match minimum maternity pay, MPs said Thursday in a report calling for major reforms to the entitlement.
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March 27, 2024
Hospital Unfairly Fired Worker Accused Of Rape
A hospital in Devon unlawfully sacked a clinical manager while police investigated him over allegations of rape made by a younger colleague, an employment tribunal has found.
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March 27, 2024
Sony Faces £750K Equal Pay Claim From Female Accountant
A former PlayStation accountant is suing Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe Ltd. for around £750,000 ($946,000), claiming that the company paid her half the salary of her male colleague and sacked her for bringing her case to a tribunal.
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March 27, 2024
BoE Says Action On LDI Has Boosted Financial Stability
The U.K.'s financial stability watchdog said Wednesday that measures introduced in the wake of the pension fund crisis 18 months ago have bolstered resilience to further shocks.
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March 27, 2024
Ex-Deloitte Lawyer Cleared Of Sexual Misconduct Claims
A former Deloitte solicitor was cleared by a disciplinary tribunal on Wednesday of charges that he violated professional standards and committed sexual misconduct by allegedly deliberately kissing a junior colleague on the lips at a work event.
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March 27, 2024
Shoosmiths, CMS, HSF Guide £510M Pension Deal For Next
High street clothing retailer Next PLC has offloaded £510 million ($643 million) of its retirement scheme liabilities to Pension Insurance Corp. PLC, in a deal steered by law firms Herbert Smith Freehills LLP, Shoosmiths LLP and CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP.
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March 27, 2024
Uber Settles Racist AI Accusations With Driver
An Uber Eats driver has won a payout after alleging that facial recognition features on the app were discriminating against his darker skin tone and preventing him from getting work, according to Britain's equality watchdog.
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March 26, 2024
Ex-Travel Exec Partially Wins Appeal Over Sexual Comments
An appellate judge ruled Monday that an employment tribunal was wrong to draw conclusions about sexual harassment allegations against the former head of PR at a travel and tourism trade body when assessing his claims for unfair dismissal and whistleblowing.
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March 26, 2024
Ex-Director Can't Get 'Rare And Unusual' Dismissal Changed
An IT consulting business was right to fire a director without warning after their professional relationship irretrievably broke down, and made even the right to appeal a "futile" exercise, an appellate panel has ruled.
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March 26, 2024
Ex-Museum Curator Ordered To Return Alleged Stolen Items
A former British Museum curator accused of stealing over 1,800 artifacts to sell on eBay was ordered on Tuesday to hand over the items he still has and provide information about those he has sold.
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March 26, 2024
Ex-Dentons Saudi Chief Sues For $2.6M Of Withheld Pay
Dentons' former Saudi Arabia managing partner is suing the firm for more than $2.6 million in a London court, alleging that it deprived him of pay after dismissing him for no good reason.
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March 26, 2024
Gov't Issues Deadlines For Pensions 'Dashboard' Linkage
Large pension schemes in the U.K. must connect their plans to the government's long-awaited Pensions Dashboard Program by the end of April 2025, according to new guidance.
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March 26, 2024
Over Regulation Restricted Defined Benefit Pensions, MPs Say
The government should change the focus of the U.K.'s pension watchdog, lawmakers said Tuesday, warning that years of excessive caution on regulation has nearly wiped out the country's remaining defined benefit retirement plans.
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March 25, 2024
Eastman Group Says Ex-Employee Lifted IP To Start Rival Co.
A specialty materials maker has told a London court that an ex-employee stole a valuable database in order to quickly set up a rival company selling paint protection film for cars.
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March 25, 2024
Businessman Appeals Ruling That He Wrongly Ousted Director
A businessman on Monday asked a London court for permission to challenge a ruling that he wrongly forced out a fellow company director in breach of their business' articles of association.
Expert Analysis
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5 Ways To Address Heightened Forced Labor Compliance Risk
In response to ever-increasing enforcement efforts targeting forced labor, companies can leverage available resources to assess conditions in their supply chains and avoid unintended imports and exports with entities known for human rights violations, say Joyce Rodriguez and Francesca Guerrero at Thompson Hine.
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UK Whistleblowing Laws May Be Ripe For Reform
COVID-19 has reignited calls to expand U.K. whistleblowing laws, with many advocating for enhanced reporting protections and independent oversight of cases, says Pia Sanchez at CM Murray.
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G4S Deferral Agreement Illustrates SFO's Enforcement Focus
The Serious Fraud Office’s recent deferred prosecution agreement with multinational security services company G4S suggests the agency’s approach to compliance, program remediation and corporate renewal is evolving to favor parent company involvement and the appointment of independent compliance monitors, say Chris Roberts and James Ford at Mayer Brown.
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Opinion
Time To Fix Human Rights Abuses In US Gov't Supply Chains
The U.S. government buys goods made in global supply chains where human and labor rights violations are commonplace, so to drive better rights compliance among contractors, it should adopt six key reforms to the federal procurement process, says Isabelle Glimcher at the New York University Stern School of Business.
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Opinion
Reflections On The UK Bribery Act 10 Years On
While the U.K. Bribery Act has been positive overall, regulators should seek urgent reform to better enable the investigation and prosecution of companies and individuals for economic crimes, especially in cases directly harming people and the environment, says Chris Phillips at Alvarez & Marsal.
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Human Rights Are Becoming A Compliance Issue
A recent commitment from the European Union's commissioner for justice to introduce rules for mandatory corporate human rights due diligence next year may signal the arrival of this issue as a global business imperative, making it as fundamental as anti-corruption diligence, say attorneys at Paul Hastings.
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5 Steps For Keeping Supply Chains Free Of Uighur Slavery
In light of a March report identifying 83 global brands suspected of supply chain links to forced labor of Uighurs — an ethnic minority long targeted by the Chinese government — companies should adopt certain procedures to identify red flags in their own supply chains, say Benjamin Britz and Rayhan Asat at Hughes Hubbard.
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Perspectives
Addressing Modern Slavery Inside And Outside The UK
As the problem of modern slavery persists, U.K. companies must take a broad approach when rooting out slave labor in their supply chains, and should not ignore the risk posed by suppliers within the U.K., says Maria Theodoulou of Stokoe.
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UK Antitrust Watchdog Proposals Would Bolster Enforcement
The U.K. Competition and Markets Authority's proposals for reshaping competition enforcement and consumer protection would shift the historical balance in U.K. competition policy, increasing regulatory burden on companies while weakening judicial scrutiny of CMA actions, says Bill Batchelor of Skadden.
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UK's New 'Name And Shame' Approach To Anti-Trafficking
There has been considerable anxiety and speculation from companies over the annual transparency statement required by the U.K. Modern Slavery Act, but a recent tender announcement from the U.K. Home Office provides key insights into what to expect, say attorneys with Perkins Coie.
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A Victory For Legal Privilege In Cross-Border Investigations
The U.K. Court of Appeal's recent decision in Serious Fraud Office v. Eurasian Natural Resources is a substantial step toward confirming the application of legal privilege in internal investigations, and has significantly reduced the divergence in U.K. and U.S. privilege law, say attorneys with Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy LLP.
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Is It Time To Prosecute UK Cos. For Human Rights Violations?
The idea of holding companies criminally liable for human rights abuses committed overseas has gained traction over the past decade. Though the U.K. government has made it clear that it has no immediate plans for further legislation in this area, calls for corporate criminal liability are only likely to get louder, say Andrew Smith and Alice Lepeuple of Corker Binning.
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UK Employment Law Risks In Cross-Border M&A
U.K. employment law has developed in myriad ways and continues to do so. The acquisition of U.K.-based companies or assets will therefore often give rise to employment law considerations that are unfamiliar to U.S. buyers, says Richard Moore of Lewis Silkin LLP.
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4 Questions About Whistleblowing In The UK And Beyond
Following the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's announcement of its biggest-ever Dodd-Frank whistleblower awards, Chris Warren-Smith of Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP discusses whistleblowing in financial service industries in different jurisdictions with other Morgan Lewis attorneys based all around the world.
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Revamping Contracts For GDPR: 3 Ways To Prepare
The EU's General Data Protection Regulation requirements — which take effect May 25 — create a substantial hurdle for thousands of companies worldwide and affect millions of vendor contracts, which now need to be reviewed, amended and potentially renegotiated, say Mathew Keshav Lewis and Zachary Foreman of Axiom Law.