• 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.

Simon Goldberg, appeared on ITV News discussing the judgment in the Associated Newspapers litigation brought by Prince Harry et al. National broadcasters regularly seek specialist legal perspectives to help audiences understand complex court decisions and their wider implications and this latest appearance reflects Simon's established reputation as a highly respected Commercial Media Lawyer.
Read morePaul Glassberg and Al Zucker join us this month as we continue to invest in our Corporate & Finance practice in response to growing client demand. Their combined experience further strengthens our ability to advise on mergers and acquisitions, private equity and venture capital investments, fundraising, corporate advisory matters and other strategic transactions.
Read moreWe are delighted that Saul Lehrfreund and Parvais Jabbar have been appointed to the House of Lords as life peers, recognising their outstanding contributions to human rights, access to justice and criminal justice reform.
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