• The ECJ rule that Member States must require employers to set up an objective, reliable and accessible system enabling the duration of time worked each day by each worker, including rest breaks, to be measured.
• Three organisations that have failed to report their gender pay gap information on time for the second year in a row have been publicly named and shamed by the Equality and Human Rights Commission.
• Business Disability Forum have published the results of its ‘The Great Big Workplace Adjustments Survey’ looking at the experiences of individuals with disabilities and workplace modifications.
• A new Acas report ‘New technology and the world of work: the winners and the losers’, reveals that its research reinforced the view, held by many experts, that new technology is a double-edged sword.

The Birmingham County Court has today handed down judgment in favour of long standing SMB client, Mohammed Arif, a veteran Cabinet Member and former Conservative Councillor for St Matthew’s, concluding proceedings relating to his discrimination claim against officers of the former Walsall Conservative Federation (now the Walsall and Bloxwich Association).
Read moreWe’ve secured a landmark ruling for the Government of the Bahamas concerning its power to regulate the country’s second city, Freeport. In an unusual step, the Tribunal’s private Partial Award has been made public given its national and international significance.
Read moreWe are delighted to welcome sports specialist, James Thorndyke to the Partnership. James joins the firm from DLA Piper.
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