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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 412 - the role of HR in responding to the threat of a pandemic

While the recent media reporting of swine flu has dwelt on the obvious health and safety issues, the threat of a pandemic, whether now or in the next few months, also raises some practical challenges for HR departments across the country. Necessary...




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HR e-briefing 414 - National Minimum Wage increases

After a delay of some two months from the usual release date, the National Minimum Wage (NMW) hourly rates that will apply from 1 October 2009, have been announced today, as follows: Workers aged 22 and over: £5.80 (up from the current &pou...




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HR e-briefing 427 - Fathers are to have longer paternity leave from 2011

After the recent flurry of headlines announcing that long-standing uncertainty surrounding the extension of maternity pay and paternity rights was over, the Government has this week published details of its plans in the form of draft regulations. T...




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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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HR e-briefing 443 - some clarification from the EAT on holidays

Today, the EAT has handed down its decision in the case of Lyons v Mitie Security Limited, which involved a claim for holiday pay from an employee whose request to take annual leave did not comply with notice requireme...




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HR e-briefing 482 - Scottish appeal court ruling on annual leave

The Scottish Court of Session has ruled that employers are permitted to schedule leave under the Working Time Regulations (WTR) and Working Time Directive (WTD) so that it falls at a time an employee would not otherwise be working...




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HR e-briefing 484 - Data protection: ICO flexes muscles with first use of new fines power

The ICO has announced its first use of its recent power to issue fines or monetary penalties for serious breaches of the data protection legislation. The power became effective in April 2010 (see Full Article



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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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HR e-briefing 520: Changing terms and conditions; a question of balance

In difficult economic times employers will inevitably look to reduce the costs of employment. However, achieving this in practice can be fraught with legal, practical and also emotive issues. In some circumstances contractual change may be achieved ...




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HR e-briefing 526: CJEU rules on right to carry over holiday accrued whilst on long term sick

Today, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has handed down its decision in the case of  KHS AG v Winfried Schulte, an important case about whether a worker on long term sick leave has the right to carry forward annual leave accrue...




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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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Immigration Update - Changes to UK Visa Applications from the USA

From Wednesday 26 March 2014 WorldBridge will no longer be providing visa services for applicants applying for a UK visa from the US. The visa processing service, which until how has been provided by WorldBridge, will be provided by VFS Global from ...




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Brexit - How this will impact on UK employment law

In light of the significant influence...




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Germany: Transformational New Rules on Hiring Temporary Workers

In Germany, the provision of temporary personnel is strictly regulated by the German Temporary Employment Act (“AÜG”). The principle is straightforward: the agency is the employer and supplies the temporary employees to the hirer. A...




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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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Tough new fines for breach of data protection law

The Criminal Justice and Immigration Act, which received royal assent on 8 May 2008, introduces a new section into the Act allowing the IC to impose a fine where there has been a serious breach of the eight data protection 'principles' set out in th...




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Exclusion clauses update: Lobster Group Ltd v Heidelberg

Franchise systems typically include clauses that limit or exclude liability as a means of managing risk between the franchisor and franchisee and between the franchise business and its customers. Clauses that exclude or limit liability are a regular ...




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Focus on South Africa

Franchising is an often underestimated sector of the South African economy. With millions of South Africans seeking employment, small business is positioned...




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Adword advertising: first step towards European Court of Justice decision

The Advocate-General (AG) to the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has issued his opinion in response to several claims in France against internet giant Google, relating to the operation of its search-related advertising service Adwords. Google's Adw...




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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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Fiverr International Ltd. (FVRR) CEO Micha Kaufman on Q1 2020 Results - Earnings Call Transcript





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Virtu Financial, Inc. (VIRT) CEO Douglas Cifu on Q1 2020 Results - Earnings Call Transcript




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Alpha and Omega Semiconductor Limited (AOSL) CEO Mike Chang on Q3 2020 Results - Earnings Call Transcript




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Viemed Healthcare, Inc. (VMD) CEO Casey Hoyt on Q1 2020 Results - Earnings Call Transcript




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Era Group Inc. (ERA) CEO Chris Bradshaw on Q1 2020 Results - Earnings Call Transcript




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Star Group LP (SGU) CEO Jeff Woosnam on Q2 2020 Results - Earnings Call Transcript




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Cohu, Inc. (COHU) CEO Luis Muller 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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Heritage Insurance Holdings, Inc. (HRTG) CEO Bruce Lucas on Q1 2020 Results - Earnings Call Transcript




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Computer Programs and Systems, Inc. (CPSI) CEO John Douglas on Q1 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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Credicorp Ltd (BAP) CEO Walter Bayly on Q1 2020 Results - Earnings Call Transcript