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10th March 2023Sensitivity readers and publishing: Who decides?
This astute piece on sensitivity reading gives new angles on why publishers may use outside readers.
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10th March 2023A manifesto for change in approach to Government policy on technology?
I love the West Wing. I’ve seen the whole thing at least 4 times. What I love the most is that it shows an aspirational form of politics where the two warring parties rehearse their ideological arguments in an honest and courageous manner and (with a few notable exceptions) the good guys win the debate in the end and some small progress is made.
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9th March 2023Don’t call it Deepfake Porn, it’s NCEI
I don’t often have much sympathy for attempts to mandate new language, but this time I’m making an exception. Twitch has declared a new policy of refusing to call “Deepfake Porn” that name and is instead going to call it synthetic Non-Consensual Exploitative Images (“NCEI”) going forwards. I think that’s a positive step.
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9th March 2023The Challenges of Long Covid for Employers
In my day to day working life as an employment lawyer advising companies on coping with employees absent due to long term sickness, we have been met with a new challenge - long COVID.
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9th March 2023Freedom of speech
Mary Beard speaks more sense on this issue than most. Whilst it is appropriate to contractually restrict those that work for an organisation from making any comment that directly undermines that organisation's reputation, any attempt to restrict the expression of genuinely held personal views must be approached with extreme caution.
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9th March 2023From Video Games & Podcasts To The Big Screen
TV show and film adaptations are growing in popularity, with streamers releasing a mix of dramatised and non-dramatised content weekly.
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8th March 2023National Living Wage increases and Pret A Manger pay rises
The National Living Wage will rise to £10.42 from April 2023, an increase of 9.7%. This is the largest increase to the NLW since its introduction in 2016 and reflects the steep rise in inflation and cost-of-living crisis.
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8th March 2023Question: Who owns the IP when you appoint a contractor?
There are nuances and subtleties but the essential point is, even though you paid for the contractor to do the work, on your time and using your resources, based on your ideas; by default, the contractor owns the intellectual property.
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8th March 2023A Virtual Insanity: Misconduct in the Metaverse
The metaverse is the latest advancement in social technology. It is mainly used for entertainment purposes yet is beginning to emerge in the professional world. While virtual working has proven beneficial in recent times, a metaverse solution introduces unanticipated dangers that employers and HR managers must prepare for.
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