New single enforcement body for employment rights

As part of the UK’s Government’s “Good Work Plan” to ensure fair and decent work for all, transparency and clarity of workers’ rights and effective enforcement of those rights, proposals for a single enforcement body were published for consultation in July this year. Currently in the UK, the majority of employment rights are enforced by … Continue reading

Modern Slavery – What the Private Sector Needs to Know and How It Can Help

By Benedict Wray on September 27, 2019 Posted in Canada

Every four seconds, someone in the world becomes a slave. It is estimated that there are currently over 40,000,000 modern slaves worldwide. The scale of the problem is such that it is impossible to ignore. This September, Norton Rose Fulbright welcomed Matt Friedman, CEO of the Mekong Club and international human trafficking expert, to Toronto … Continue reading

Changes to UK employment law – October 2015

By Amanda Sanders (UK) on October 1, 2015 Posted in Discrimination and harassment, Europe, UK

With effect from 1 October 2015 certain provisions affecting UK employment law under the Deregulation Act 2015, come into force. The changes are: The removal of the power of employment tribunals to make wider recommendations in successful discrimination cases. With effect from 1 October tribunals can only make recommendations relating to the individual complainant. The … Continue reading