Charles Smye
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Articles
Worklife 2.0: Workplace covid-19 testing and vaccination protocols - Yet another update
Austria, European Union, France, Germany, Italy, Russia, Spain, United Kingdom, USA - September 16 2021 Return-to-office policies were a hot topic this summer as employers were busy preparing for the September re-opening of workplaces. The question of…
Olga Chislova, Julia Förster, Léna Gonzalez, Laura Llangozi, Leonhard Prasser
WorkLife 2.0: Designing a litigation strategy to address group workforce claims
United Kingdom - May 5 2021 As we have explored in our previous blogs in this series, where there is a shared basis for a claim on the facts, employees or workers may group…
WorkLife 2.0: A rise in health and safety-related group workforce disputes?
United Kingdom - March 16 2021 In the last few days, staff at the DVLA in Swansea have voted for industrial action over COVID-19 health and safety concerns. This reflects an…
UK finalises new pensions-related criminal and civil offences: the impact on restructurings
United Kingdom - February 12 2021 The Pension Schemes Act 2021 (‘the Act’) has received Royal Assent, with the UK government indicating that key provisions will come into force by…
UK pensions: criminal and civil sanctions to become real risks for corporate activity
United Kingdom - February 11 2021 Despite concerns raised from across the pensions industry, the Pension Schemes Act 2021 ('the Act') finally received Royal Assent on 11 February 2021…
