The Gig Economy: a cause for concern for employers?

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Last month, two Uber drivers in London won their test cases before the UK Employment Tribunal (the ET). The ET held that they were "workers" and not self-employed individuals. The significance of this finding is that as "workers" they are entitled to certain minimum statutory protections.

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Offer of Amends – Reduced discounts for those that delay

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This recent High Court decision highlights the importance for defendants to conduct a forensic analysis of the strengths and weakness of their defences as early as possible. Those with defences that are unlikely to prevail at trial should consider implementing the offer of amends procedure sooner rather than later as those that delay will impede their ability to minimise their financial.....

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Economic Migration

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Tier 2 and Tier 5 'A-rated' Sponsors will gladly welcome the introduction of the new priority service in processing change of circumstances applications.

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Economic Migration Update – November 2016

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The Autumn changes to the UK Immigration Rules have finally been announced and will, for the most part, be introduced on 24 November 2016. The official announcement confirms that the changes promised by the Government earlier this year will be applied with only a few variances.

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Antitrust – Online businesses and their antitrust obligations

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EU, Irish and UK competition law prohibit price-fixing between competitors in relation to goods and services. This prohibition applies in whatever way such goods or services are sold to customers. In an important restatement on 7 November, the UK antitrust regulator, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), announced that it had launched a campaign to alert online sellers of goods and services

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