Employment Matters Issue 22: February 2024 Editor's Note Welcome to the February 2024 edition of Employment Matters: our round-up of the latest developments in employment law and key issues affecting employers and HR professionals. Read the full note News The High Court takes a steely look at bonus clawback provisions The recent case of Steel v Spencer Road LLP (trading as The Omerta Group) provides a helpful reminder of the law relating to the interaction of restraint of trade and bonus clawback provisions, highlighting the difference between an unenforceable restraint of trade and protective provisions within a contractual remuneration package that disincentivise certain behaviour. News Metaverse: Managing workplace behaviours online Employers increasingly require employees to work and meet in the metaverse. Whilst doing so has its advantages, it also raises a number of HR issues, not least ensuring that staff behaviour in the metaverse remains as professional as in other work environments. News Three headline HR actions to start 2024 2024 promises to be a busy year for employment law, not least because a number of legislative changes are coming into effect. News AI in the Workplace: Generative AI Generative AI is the process of AI algorithms generating or creating an output from user instructions or prompts, based on the datasets they are trained on. This could take the form of, for example, text, images, video, code, data or 3D renderings. News Mishcon de Reya contributes to latest edition of Harvey on Industrial Relations and Employment Law Members of the Employment team at Mishcon de Reya have updated their chapter entitled 'Restraint on competition' in the latest edition of the pre-eminent employment law text 'Harvey on Industrial Relations and Employment Law'. Mishcon's Employment team has been responsible for the content and curation of this chapter since 2020. News Better Bonuses – How employee-owned businesses get more bang for their buck with tax-free profit-share Most employers will seek to provide some form of cash bonus award to incentivise staff performance in the short term. Whilst tax-free profit-related-pay ("PRP") was once widely available, the eligibility criteria are now far more tightly drawn. News Employers get ready: changes to family-friendly rights from April 2024 Employers should consider updating their family-friendly policies and procedures to take account of changes from April 2024 to the statutory paternity leave and flexible working regimes, and the introduction of carer's leave. Video Disputes Nightmares: What would you do if....you discovered a senior employee had stolen your confidential information to take to a competitor? In our latest Disputes Nightmare Scenario Flash Webinar, Euan McMahon, a Managing Associate in the Fraud team, was joined by Sharon Tan, a Partner in the Employment team, and Martin Boyle, Interim General Counsel at Ocado. News A company's sponsor licence revocation: a cautionary tale for compliance A recent case has served as a stark reminder of the importance of complying with sponsorship regulations. In Prestwick Care Ltd & Ors v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2023] EWHC 3193, the High Court upheld the Home Office's decision to revoke a company's sponsor licence. It is relevant to all companies that sponsor overseas workers in the UK. Previous Issues Next Issue 22 Feb 2024 Issue 21 Nov 2023 Issue 20 Jul 2023 Issue 19 Apr 2023 Issue 18 Jan 2023 Issue 17 Oct 2022 Issue 16 Jun 2022 Issue 15 Mar 2022 Issue 14 Nov 2021 Issue 13 Apr 2021 Issue 12 Feb 2020 Issue 11 Jul 2019 Issue 10 Feb 2019 Issue 9 Oct 2018 Issue 8 Jun 2018 Issue 7 Nov 2017 Share
News The High Court takes a steely look at bonus clawback provisions The recent case of Steel v Spencer Road LLP (trading as The Omerta Group) provides a helpful reminder of the law relating to the interaction of restraint of trade and bonus clawback provisions, highlighting the difference between an unenforceable restraint of trade and protective provisions within a contractual remuneration package that disincentivise certain behaviour.
News Metaverse: Managing workplace behaviours online Employers increasingly require employees to work and meet in the metaverse. Whilst doing so has its advantages, it also raises a number of HR issues, not least ensuring that staff behaviour in the metaverse remains as professional as in other work environments.
News Three headline HR actions to start 2024 2024 promises to be a busy year for employment law, not least because a number of legislative changes are coming into effect.
News AI in the Workplace: Generative AI Generative AI is the process of AI algorithms generating or creating an output from user instructions or prompts, based on the datasets they are trained on. This could take the form of, for example, text, images, video, code, data or 3D renderings.
News Mishcon de Reya contributes to latest edition of Harvey on Industrial Relations and Employment Law Members of the Employment team at Mishcon de Reya have updated their chapter entitled 'Restraint on competition' in the latest edition of the pre-eminent employment law text 'Harvey on Industrial Relations and Employment Law'. Mishcon's Employment team has been responsible for the content and curation of this chapter since 2020.
News Better Bonuses – How employee-owned businesses get more bang for their buck with tax-free profit-share Most employers will seek to provide some form of cash bonus award to incentivise staff performance in the short term. Whilst tax-free profit-related-pay ("PRP") was once widely available, the eligibility criteria are now far more tightly drawn.
News Employers get ready: changes to family-friendly rights from April 2024 Employers should consider updating their family-friendly policies and procedures to take account of changes from April 2024 to the statutory paternity leave and flexible working regimes, and the introduction of carer's leave.
Video Disputes Nightmares: What would you do if....you discovered a senior employee had stolen your confidential information to take to a competitor? In our latest Disputes Nightmare Scenario Flash Webinar, Euan McMahon, a Managing Associate in the Fraud team, was joined by Sharon Tan, a Partner in the Employment team, and Martin Boyle, Interim General Counsel at Ocado.
News A company's sponsor licence revocation: a cautionary tale for compliance A recent case has served as a stark reminder of the importance of complying with sponsorship regulations. In Prestwick Care Ltd & Ors v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2023] EWHC 3193, the High Court upheld the Home Office's decision to revoke a company's sponsor licence. It is relevant to all companies that sponsor overseas workers in the UK.