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Article 29 mai 2020
COVID-19 Insurance Update: 29 May 2020
Our latest thinking into the insurance impacts arising from the ongoing crisis is offered against the Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, having confirmed that the five tests which must be satisfied before lockdown can be adjusted have been met.
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Article 27 mai 2020
COVID–19: mental health and working at home in the UK
The mental health aspects of working at home, which can be linked to isolation without the presence of physical team members or managerial support is a key factor that should be considered by an employer on undertaking a risk assessment for home workers.
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Article 19 mai 2020
COVID–19: DSE risks for homeworkers in the UK
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, businesses have seen a movement of millions of their workers from the office to an enforced home office environment. A key risk at this time is in the use of display screen equipment (DSE).
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News 18 mai 2020
Treat furloughed workers like returning mothers, businesses told
With only a phased return to work on the horizon, many furloughed workers are facing the prospect of being away from their workplace for at least four months, leaving businesses to tackle how to effectively reintroduce them. With little precedent to follow, partner Alison Loveday says that treating furloughed workers in a similar way to returning mothers may be the answer.
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News 6 mai 2020
Kennedys in Australia announces partner promotion in Melbourne
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News 4 mai 2020
Kennedys to introduce new route to qualification for aspiring lawyers
We are excited to announce that we have introduced an alternative route to qualifying as a solicitor that allows UK graduates to begin earning immediately. This new route, which will come into effect from Autumn 2021, will incorporate the Solicitors Qualifying Exam (SQE) and will form a 30 month Graduate Solicitor Apprenticeship (GSA) – allowing graduates to start earning as soon as they commence the GSA, without the need to complete the LPC.
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News 1 mai 2020
Kennedys celebrates office anniversary by launching Sheffield healthcare practice with new partner hire
We are pleased to announce that we have hired healthcare partner, Tom Armstrong, to head up a new healthcare team based in our Sheffield office, which opened in 2010. Tom, who joins from Browne Jacobson, will lead a team in Sheffield able to defend clinical negligence claims against GPs, NHS Trusts and private healthcare providers. Tom will be working closely with our healthcare lawyers in Birmingham, Cambridge and London.
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Article 23 abr 2020
COVID-19: healthcare employers’ obligations to protect staff
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Article 22 abr 2020
Buying Australian? Please form an orderly queue
The Australian Government has recently announced temporary changes to foreign investment review processes during the COVID-19 pandemic, under which all foreign acquisitions and significant investments in Australian businesses will require government approval.
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Article 17 abr 2020
COVID-19 and the life sciences industry: update
We continue to assess the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the life sciences industry and in this update we consider the EU response to supply chain disruption, vaccine R&D and antibody testing kits.