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New law: UK employees and independent professionals wanting to work in the EU must comply with new rules following end of Brexit transition period
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- 01 Feb 2021
Employers planning to send employees to work in the EU, and independent professionals planning to work there, should ensure they can comply with each member state’s rules restricting and limiting work that can be done there by non-EU nationals – which now includes UK nationals following the end of the Brexit transition period.
New law: Employers planning for employees who refuse a COVID-19 vaccination and for other vaccination issues
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- 01 Feb 2021
Employers now need to plan what they will do if an employee refuses a vaccination against COVID-19 and address other vaccination-related issues such as changes to their employment policies.
New consultation: Government publishes report following 2020 review of workplace support for victims of domestic abuse
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- 01 Feb 2021
The government has published proposals in a recent report, detailing its plans for helping employers support domestic abuse victims in the workplace, including where the abuser harasses or interrupts their victim while they are at work, or even shows up in person.
New law: Trade mark and registered design owners check new IPO rules about ‘representative addresses’ following end of Brexit transition period
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- 01 Feb 2021
Owners of UK trade marks and designs are checking their ‘representative address’ for each mark and design is within the UK, Gibraltar, or the Channel Islands now that the Brexit transition period has ended and, if they are owners of multiple marks and/or designs, considering using a new, temporary IPO service to replace non-UK addresses in bulk.
New law: Employers need to consider whether long COVID is a disability, or risk disability discrimination claims
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- 01 Feb 2021
Employers with an employee diagnosed with ‘long COVID’ should assess whether that employee is legally disabled and, if they are, take care not to directly or indirectly discriminate against them, and consider whether to make ‘reasonable adjustments’ to alleviate any disadvantage the employee may suffer.
New law: Companies House makes changes from 1 January 2021 as Brexit transition period ends
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- 01 Feb 2021
Limited companies with corporate officers should note that their public record at Companies House may need to be changed, using amended Companies House forms, as a result of the end of the Brexit transition period.
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