Newsletters and Articles

If you would like to subscribe to our Employment and Recruitment newsletters please contact the Employment Department’s secretary, Lesley Rule, on 020 7404 0606 or lrule@gdlaw.co.uk.

• Recruitment Industry Update - Prior to 15 December 2007, an extensive anti-money laundering regime already existed. However, on 15 December 2007, further legislation was introduced by way of the Money Laundering Regulations 2007 (“the Regulations”).  They are designed to identify and prevent money laundering and terrorist financing by requiring those persons involved in businesses in which money laundering may occur, to take various actions, including checking the identity of their customers and reporting suspicious activity.  Read more about the subject here.
  (March 2008)

• Employment Law: HR FAQ’s - Employers and their Human Resources advisers face constant difficulties in trying to avoid the potential pitfalls posed by current employment law. This bulletin aims to address, in a practical way, some issues commonly dealt with by Human Resources departments, and to give realistic guidance on how to reduce the risk of employment related litigation in these areas.
  (January 2008)

• Recruitment Industry Update: This bulletin covers the new regulations in the Conduct of Employment Agencies and Businesses, the Employment Bill 2007/08 – changes to employment agency standards enforcement, postponement of cases related to the employment status of agency workers, the amended Temporary Workers Directive, the draft bill on equal treatment between temporary/agency workers and other employees, the new immigration rules on illegal working and the entitlement to SSP for agency workers.
  (January 2008)

• Employment Law FAQ’s: Hotel and Leisure Sector - Having acted for clients in the hotel and leisure industry for many years, the Employment team at Goodman Derrick LLP recognises that this sector is heavily reliant on the proper performance of its staff. This bulletin aims to address, in a practical way, some of the issues which commonly arise in this sector, and to give realistic guidance on how to reduce the risk of employment related litigation.
  (August 2007)

• Employment Law: HR FAQ’s - Employers and their Human Resources advisers face constant difficulties in trying to avoid the potential pitfalls posed by current employment law. This bulletin aims to address, in a practical way, some issues commonly dealt with by Human Resources departments, and to give realistic guidance on how to reduce the risk of employment related litigation in these areas.
  (August 2007)

• Recruitment Industry Update: Agency workers found to be employees of employment business - On 18 May 2007, the EAT held in the case of Consistent Group Ltd v Kalwak and ors and Welsh Country Foods Ltd, that agency workers were employed by the employment business, regardless of the fact that it was the end user who exercised control over the actual day to day operation of the work.   Read more about this matter in this newsletter.
  (June 2007)

• Recruitment Industry Update - the bulletin details the implications for recruitment companies of HMRC proposals targeting managed service companies; the employment status of temporary workers; proposed legislation in the sector; the legality of rolled-up holiday pay; and developments in gangmasters licensing.
  (May 2007)
  
  
• HR FAQs - Employers and their Human Resources advisers face constant difficulties in trying to avoid the potential pitfalls posed by current employment law. This bulletin aims to address, in a practical way, some issues commonly dealt with by Human Resources departments, and to give realistic guidance on how to reduce the risk of employment related litigation in these areas.
  (May 2007)
  
  
• Employment Update: Expected Changes in 2007 – the bulletin details the new statutory rates and limits, the new maternity and family Rights, changes to flexible Working, changes to the statutory holiday entitlement, details on information and consultation, the pensions consultation, the smoking ban in enclosed public places, Bulgaria and Romania joining the EU, details concerning the recently published Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Bill and details on the discrimination in the Provision of Goods and Services
  (February 2007)
  

• New Statutory Rates and Limits – this reference guide summarises the current rates and limits on tribunal awards, maternity and other family payments and statutory sick pay.
  (February 2007)

• The Recruitment Industry: Employment Status of Temporary Workers and Proposed Tax Reform of Managed Service Companies – this newsletter provides an update regarding the recent case law concerning the employment status of temporary workers and also provides information regarding the proposed reforms regarding taxation of managed service companies.
  (January 2007)

Archive

• Employment Update: Recent and Proposed Changes (October 2006)
  
• The Recruitment Industry: Current issues (May 2006)  
• Update: Age discrimination(Apr 2006) 
• What is a Grievance? (Feb 2006) 
• Coming of Age: The Proposed Abolition of Age Discrimination (Nov 2005) 
• Employment Update - November 2005 (Nov 2005)
• The Recruitment Industry: Current Issues (Apr 2005)
  
• Preventing Illegal Working (Apr 2004)
  
• Employment Newsletter - Dare to Dismiss! (Autumn 2004)
  
• Recruitment Industry Briefing (Spring 2004)
  
• The Proposed European Agency Workers Directive (Jul 2002)
  
• Employment Act 2002 - The Main Changes (2002)
  
• Employment Update (Oct 2001) 
• Stakeholder Pensions - The Final Countdown (Sep 2001)
  
• E-Mail and Telephone Monitoring in the Workplace (2000)
  
• The Part-Time Workers (Prevention of Less Favourable Treatment) Regulations 2000
  
• The Employment Relations Act and Parental Rights (1999)
  
• Amendment to Working Time Regulations
  
• The National Minimum wage act
  
• Maternity Leave Under The Microscope
  
• Reforms to Collective Employee Consultation
  
• The New Trade Union Recognition Rules
  
• The Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998
  
• Regulation of the Private Recruitment Industry