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Something Borrowed, Something New: The FCA's Plan for Extending the SMCR

The FCA has issued its long awaited consultation on extension of the Senior Managers and Certification Regime (also known as “Accountability II”). Consultation Paper (CP17/25), which sets out the “what” and the “why&rdq...




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The future of HR Management: at the intersection of AI and personal data protection

Recent years have seen an outburst of interest in artificial intelligence. Technologies based on AI have attracted investors all over the world on an unprecedented scale. More and more smart services are becoming a reality. For example, Staples is u...




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IHC e-briefing 48: The Working Time Directive - European Parliament vote on opt-out and on-call time

The 1993 Working Time Directive lays down basic principles concerning maximum weekly working hours, amongst other things. For some time now, the Council of the EU and the European Parliament have been debating whether the directive should be revised...




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HR e-briefing 398 - The Working Time Directive - European Parliament vote on opt-out and on-call time

The 1993 Working Time Directive lays down, amongst other things, basic principles concerning maximum weekly working hours. For some time now, the Council of the EU and the European Parliament have been debating whether the directive should be revise...




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HR e-briefing 404 - TUPE and collective agreements

The Employment Appeal Tribunal has issued a judgment that confirms that TUPE can, in some cases, bind incoming employers to pay increases negotiated by the outgoing employer under a collective agreement after the date of the TUPE transfer.  Ba...




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HR e-briefing - Review of the default retirement age

25 August 2009 Review of age discrimination laws – what will the impact be on employers? Last month, the Government announced its intention to bring forward a review of the law around forced retirement. The review concerns the ‘default...




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HR e-brief 438 - Employees to get longer parental leave rights

At a meeting this week the European Council agreed to extend the existing right for parents to take leave from work from three to four months per parent, per child. The European Council's decision comes as no surprise as t...




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Eversheds' HR e-briefing 503: July 2011 Implementation of the Bribery Act confirmed

After many months of speculation and delay, the Ministry of Justice published Government Guidance in respect of the Bribery Act 2010 last week, paving the way for the Act coming in to force on 1 July. Although, as the name suggests, the Act is aime...




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Eversheds' HR e-briefing 507: Flexible parental leave, working time, equal pay and flexible working - more changes afoot

Today, a consultation has been launched on government plans to: Full Article



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Retail Legal Update: EU appears open-minded about pay between assignment contracts

Having inherited the Agency Workers Regulations 2010 on taking office, the UK Government had pledged to review them. That process is now underway but it seems the EU may pip the Government to the post, having conducted its own review of the parent D...




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TMT legal update: EU appears open-minded about pay between assignment contracts

Precis Having inherited the Agency Workers Regulations 2010 on taking office, the UK Government had pledged to review them. That process is now underway but it seems the EU may pip the Government to the post, having conducted its own review of the ...




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Brexit - How this will impact on UK employment law

In light of the significant influence...




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E-briefing - New China franchise regulations: replacement of approvals by registration?

Introduction The long-awaited regulations on the Administration of Commercial Franchise Operations (the 'New Regulations') were promulgated by the State Council of the PRC on 6 February 2007, and will take effect on 1 May 2007. They apply equally t...




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Restrictive covenants in franchise agreements

The courts continue to be asked by franchisees to limit the scope of their post termination restrictive covenants. It is becoming key for franchisors to show that the duration of their restrictions reflect the time that it would...




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Carbon Reduction Commitment – are you ready?

As the countdown towards the scheduled introduction of the Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC) in April 2010 continues, the Environment Agency is due to issue its CRC qualification packs to any business that has at least one half-hourly electricity me...




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European Commission consults on future Vertical Agreements Block Exemption Regulation

The block exemption provides a safe harbour from the prohibition on anti-competitive agreements contained in Article 81(1) EC. It can apply to any agreement between parties at different levels of the supply chain where that agreement contains rest...






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Acadia Realty Trust (AKR) CEO Kenneth Bernstein on Q1 2020 Results - Earnings Call Transcript




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Great Ajax Corp. (AJX) CEO Lawrence Mendelsohn on Q1 2020 Results - Earnings Call Transcript




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Central Garden & Pet Company (CENT) CEO Tim Cofer on Q2 2020 Results - Earnings Call Transcript




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Genmab A/S (GNMSF) CEO Jan van de Winkel on Q1 2020 Results - Earnings Call Transcript




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Airgain, Inc. (AIRG) CEO Jacob Suen on Q1 2020 Results - Earnings Call Transcript




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COVID -19 : Minister directs agencies under him to make available research grants for digital solution

Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Ibrahim Pantami has directed agencies under the Ministry to make available research grants for the development of digital solutions to COVID 19 and innovative ideas in the post COVID 19 era in the country. Pantami made the remarks during the virtual Final Demo and Prize Giving Day […]

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Pandemic: Solidarity and Cooperation Most Potent Weapon

A goodwill Ambassador of Nigeria to China indeed, Mr. Echar Christopher Sunday. I am touched and moved by his story as China Daily reports on May 6. Echar, 43, who has been living in Guangdong province as a businessman for a decade, applied to become a volunteer in March, after local authorities called on residents, […]

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Five Star Senior Living Inc. (FVE) CEO Katie Potter on Q1 2020 Results - Earnings Call Transcript




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CEO hunt for Amazon, Berkshire, JPMorgan health venture




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Athenex, Inc. (ATNX) CEO Dr. Johnson Lau on Q1 2020 Results - Earnings Call Transcript




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Provention Bio, Inc. (PRVB) CEO Ashleigh Palmer on Q1 2020 Results - Earnings Call Transcript




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Establishment Labs Holdings Inc. (ESTA) CEO Juan José Chacón-Quirós on Q1 2020 Results - Earnings Call Transcript




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Miragen Therapeutics, Inc. (MGEN) CEO Bill Marshall on Q1 2020 Results - Earnings Call Transcript




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Penumbra, Inc. (PEN) CEO Adam Elsesser on Q1 2020 Results - Earnings Call Transcript




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OpGen, Inc. (OPGN) CEO Oliver Schacht on Q1 2020 Results - Earnings Call Transcript




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Local Focus: Foodbanks and commercial kitchens to the rescue

In times of need help can come from anywhere, even your favourite restaurant. Seventh Avenue Group runs three Tauranga restaurants - Brooklyn Patio on The Strand, Neighbourhood Kitchen in Cherrywood and Rain Bar in Pāpāmoa....




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Covid 19 coronavirus: Conor English - The importance of time to mental health

COMMENT: The lockdown has seen us all spend time with our families or a close group of people in our own bubble, for a few weeks now. For us personally this has meant time with 10 in our bubble. One of our six kids, our eldest daughter,...




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One dead in Tokoroa 'serious incident' - police

Police have confirmed one person is dead after a "serious incident" at a property in the South Waikato town of Tokoroa.Emergency services were called to the Moa Pl property just before 2pm.Police were trying to establish the circumstances...




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Covid 19 coronavirus: How Auckland YWCA hostel manager kept 140 residents safe in isolation

An Auckland hostel manager has revealed the impressive steps she has taken to ensure her 140 residents have been safe during the Covid-19 pandemic.The YWCA hostel in Auckland contains 173 bedrooms that house international students,...




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Covid 19 coronavirus: What you need to know about Sunday's big developments

After nearly two weeks at level 3, Cabinet is set to make its decision on when to move New Zealand down to level 2 - with the last release of public data before their big call continuing a promising streak of single-digit daily coronavirus...




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Covid 19 coronavirus: Many parents won't send their kids back to school in level 2

Many parents say they will keep their children at home when schools reopen at alert level 2.The more than 900 parents who responded to a question on the New Zealand Herald's Facebook page over the weekend were evenly split on whether...




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CEO hunt for Amazon, Berkshire, JPMorgan health venture




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HR e-briefing 298 - Agency workers: past, present and future

The Dti has, this week, announced plans to introduce a series of measures designed to give greater protection to certain agency workers. The proposals follow the publication of a green paper by the European Commission, in which it vows to look again...




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HR e-briefing 360 - Equality for agency workers - how will this affect your business? (Survey)

Reaction to last week’s announcement that agency workers are to be given equal employment rights to comparable permanent employees after 12 weeks service, has been swift but also mixed (see Full Article



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HR e-briefing 367 - Agency workers to receive sick pay

The statutory sick pay scheme has historically excluded individuals who work under a contract of three months or less duration. This exclusion from qualification for statutory sick pay (SSP) was removed for fixed term employees in 2002 when employme...




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HR e-briefing no 376 - Agency workers survey - are we facing 'all change' on the agency front?

News of a revised Agency Workers Directive is still awaited from Europe and is unlikely to emerge before early 2009. For the time being, employers and agency workers alike are in the dark as to how equality of employment rights for agency worke...




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HR e-briefing 384 - The Agency Workers Directive is adopted without controversy but not so the amended Working Time Directive it would seem...

The rocky road travelled by the Agency Workers Directive since 2002 is nearing its end as a final version has been approved in Europe. After six years on the back burner, a slightly revised version of the Directive has been adopted. It is no longer ...




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HR e-briefing 413 - questions remain as the government publishes consultation paper on equality for agency workers

Since Europe reached agreement on the Agency Workers Directive in October 2008, considerable flexibility has been left to individual Member States as to how they interpret and apply its framework of legal protection for agency workers by 5 December ...




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HR e-briefing 431 - Agency worker Regulations - implementation delayed until 2011

Rarely has a single piece of legislation been as keenly debated as the Regulations to implement the Agency Workers Directive in the UK. Against a background of increasingly politicised and opposing views, draft Regulations have today been published b...




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HR e-briefing 481 - No changes to be made to the Agency Worker Regulations 2010

In a short announcement to the House of Commons this morning, Ed Davey, Minister for Employment Relations, Consumer and Postal Affairs confirmed that the Government's much awaited review of the Agency Worker Regulations 2010 is concluded. No changes...




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HR e-briefing 500: Agency Worker Regulations -True or False?

The Agency Workers Regulations 2010 will come in to force in October this year. As with many new laws, guidance from the government as to intended application and meaning is frequently helpful. This is no less so for these Regulations and the compl...




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Eversheds' HR e-briefing 502: Guidance to the Agency Workers Regulations finally published

The Government has published its much-awaited Guidance to the Agency Workers Regulations 2010 in draft today. A final version is expected shortly, once further comment has been collated. The Regulations themselves are due to come in to force on 1 Oc...