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Getting ready for Supreme Court decision affecting holiday pay for temps, zero-hour and umbrella workers

A decision on the holiday pay issues in Harpur Trust v Brazel is anticipated in the new year – businesses
Workforce Solutions

New regulation of umbrellas? Government launches call for evidence

Opportunity to articulate the benefits of employment intermediaries in a modern, flexible economy and make suggestions about how disreputable operators
Employment and pensions

Driving change in employment in 2022: the challenges that arise from accelerating transformational change

The pandemic, hybrid working, employee engagement, reward and retention, and ESG are all areas posing challenges for businesses to focus
COP

COP26 | Energy Day

Welcome to the fourth instalment of our daily COP26 updates: a digest of what is on the agenda each day
Sustainable disruption: 12 decarbonising technologies for cities

Can sustainable disruption and technology deliver decarbonised cities?

Against the backdrop of COP26, the reduction of carbon emissions in cities and identifying methodology, technology and investment to achieve
Urban Dynamics

Artificial intelligence and jobs | Delivering the right skills in the UK's workforce

What are the ramifications for the UK workforce, and staffing and training companies in particular, of the growing deployment of
COP

COP26 | World Leaders' Summit begins

Welcome to the first instalment of our daily COP26 updates: a digest of what is on the agenda each day
Workforce Solutions

Risks of overreliance on substitution in IR35 status determinations

Court of Appeal decision confirms right of substitution unlikely to remove personal service element in determining working arrangements
Sustainable disruption: 12 decarbonising technologies for cities

Sustainable disruption: 12 decarbonising technologies for cities

New research by Economist Impact, supported by Osborne Clarke, has identified 12 technologies that can help cities achieve their carbon-emission
Workforce Solutions

HMRC pressure builds to get on top of risks in staffing supply chains

Recent guidance makes clear HMRC expects end users and agencies to carry out due diligence on staffing suppliers

Employment and pensions

The management power of the employer and the return to on-site work

The health crisis caused by Covid-19 has forced the companies to introduce remote working as a preferred way to work

Employment and pensions

UK Court of Appeal shows red card to referees

Occasional work can be 'employment' and, by extension, within the IR35 tax regime