Employment Law Weekly News Update
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Tamara Ludlow Joint Head of Department
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Ewan Keen Joint Head of Department
Partner Employment & Business Immigration +44 20 3206 2724 Email Ewan
• An ET awards £226,000 for unfair dismissal after an HR manager decided an employee should be managed out of the business fairly early on because she did not know how to deal with the issues he had raised.
• The President of the Employment Tribunals has published an addendum to the Presidential Guidance on awards for injury to feelings and psychiatric injury (the Vento bands) increasing the lower and upper limits.
• The Equalities Office set out a summary of gender pay gap figures published by the public sector deadline on 30 March 2019 and the private sector deadline on 4 April 2019, which show 4,000 pay gaps have worsened.
• The Home Office has confirmed there will be no change to the way EU, EEA and Swiss citizens prove their right to work until 1 January 2021, whether or not the UK leaves the EU without a deal.
Other News
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21st January 2021 Dispute Resolution, Media & Communications Disputes
All in on blackjack.com pays off with big win
In a judgment handed down on Tuesday 19th January, SMB won a claim to recover the domain name blackjack.com on behalf of our client, Hanger Holdings.
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28th November 2023 Music
SMB proudly announces BRIT School partnership
SMB’s Music department has launched a partnership with The BRIT School, the UK’s first and leading free performing and creative arts school, who are responsible… Read more
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2nd February 2021 Media
SMB advises on the production and financing of new film “Save The Cinema” for Sky Cinema starring Samantha Morton, Tom Felton and Jonathan Pryce
SMB’s Media Team have advised FAE Film and Television Limited on the production and financing of new film Save The Cinema for Sky Cinema.
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