Category - Employment

Helping businesses prepare for GDPR — the tour continues

Posted, 08 May 2018 by Kirk Tudhope in Views
Categories: Data protection | Employment

As we add two more data protection events to the calendar, what do businesses think about GDPR? Partner Kirk Tudhope’s been finding out.

Harassment from Hollywood to Holyrood: last year's biggest story?

Posted, 24 January 2018 by Kirk Tudhope in Views
Categories: Employment

Inverness partner Kirk Tudhope takes a look back at what hit the headlines in employment law in 2017.

Restrictive covenants and working capacity

Posted, 15 January 2018 by Jody Mitchell in Views
Categories: Corporate | Employment

Lack of precision in restrictive covenants can affect their enforceability, posing a real danger for the businesses looking to impose them. Partner Jody Mitchell explains.

How will the GDPR affect you and your business?

Posted, 16 October 2017 by Sine Mackay in Views
Categories: Data protection | Employment

From next May, new data protection regulations will radically alter our approach to data protection: what are the risks, and how can you protect your business?

BBC News: And finally, the risk of unconscious bias.

Posted, 12 September 2017 by Sine Mackay in Views
Categories: Employment

And finally, why spot salaries — such as those seen at the BBC — are prone to unconscious bias, increasing the chances of claims under the Equality Act.

Latest news headlines: BBC pay equality by 2020?

Posted, 03 August 2017 by Kirk Tudhope in Views
Categories: Employment

Inverness partner Kirk Tudhope explains why, even with the best of intentions at the BBC, pay equality by 2020 almost certainly won’t work.

Having a field day - reflections on the Nairn Show

Posted, 31 July 2017 by John Smart in Views
Categories: Commercial property | Corporate | Employment | Litigation | Rural

Inverness-based partner John Smart reflects on last week’s Nairn Show and why it’s important to have a presence at such key rural events.

Employment tribunal fee regime unlawful - what happens now?

Posted, 27 July 2017 by Veli-Matti Raikkonen in Views
Categories: Employment

Aberdeen-based senior associate Veli-Matti Raikkonen considers this week’s landmark Supreme Court ruling on employment tribunal fees.

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