26 Mar, 2024 The Mais Lecture: Labour’s approach to labour remains the same By Holly Insley Elizabeth Bullock The Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rachel Reeves, delivered the 36th annual Mais Lecture last week. Her speech, titled “Economic...
18 Mar, 2024 The Private Intermittent Securities and Capital Exchange System (PISCES) By James Smethurst Tom Godwin Richard Ho Regina Erie Christopher Bernard Jennifer McCarthy +3 more... Show less This blog considers the recent HM Treasury (HMT) consultation on the proposed trial of a new ‘Private Intermittent Securities and Capital...
13 Mar, 2024 The Parker Review 2024: Shaping ethnic diversity in UK business By Holly Insley Emily Rigler Gillingham Amelia Lamp Following the release of the FTSE Women Leaders Review two weeks ago (on which you can read our blog post, here), the latest Parker...
20 Feb, 2024 The Effective Collective – UK Government ‘cracks down’ on controversial ‘fire and rehire’ practices with revised Code of Practice By Kathleen Healy Amy Rentell Readers of our ‘Effective Collective’ blog posts will know that we have previously covered the (now) controversial ability of employers...
14 Feb, 2024 Life sciences – what to expect in 2024 By Harriet Hanks Emma Franck-Gwinnell Adam Golden 2023 was marked by some real success stories in the life sciences and healthcare space, including ground-breaking new weight loss...
07 Feb, 2024 Malus and clawback – what should companies be doing to comply with the revised UK Corporate Governance Code? By Alice Greenwell Regina Erie Amy Rentell Revised Code requirements The UK Corporate Governance Code (the Code) has for some time stated that remuneration policies should include...
30 Jan, 2024 Inspiration from history – the future of employment By David Mendel Patrick Teague Does the CMA’s January report on UK labour markets hint that we have something to learn from the early 1800s? Before the middle of the...
09 Jan, 2024 Employment, incentives and pensions: six key themes to look out for in 2024 By Amy Rentell 2023 was a busy year for updates in the employment, incentives and pensions space. And as we move into the new year, there are no signs...
14 Dec, 2023 Freshfields whistleblowing survey 2023: Anonymous whistleblowing in UK financial services firms - are managers’ views at odds with the regulators? By Chantelle Nicholas Sharon Grennan In the UK, both the main UK financial regulators (the FCA and PRA) have detailed rules on the systems and controls that financial...
06 Dec, 2023 Freshfields whistleblowing survey 2023: Spotlight on trends in the healthcare sector By Holly Insley Amelia Lamp In October, we published the results of the Freshfields whistleblowing survey 2023, which gathered the views of over 2,500 individuals...
04 Dec, 2023 Freshfields whistleblowing survey 2023: Are whistleblowers turning away from internal reporting? By Harriet Gaillard Alice Brindle Rufus Stirling Emily Darlow +1 more... Show less The impact of an employee blowing the whistle externally can be significant. Not only can it spin the narrative out of an organisation’s...
29 Nov, 2023 Freshfields whistleblowing survey 2023: Spotlight on the EU By Holly Insley Eva-Maria Schwarzer Laura Llangozi Amy Rentell Amelia Lamp +2 more... Show less This article was originally published on 29 November 2023 on 'Thomson Reuters Regulatory Intelligence' by Thomson Reuters. © Thomson...