Legal Alert - October 2022

Employers concerned about a downturn, if not a recession, and thinking about cutting staff costs should consider ways to make redundancies a last resort.

Businesses that place their products on the market in Great Britain will welcome changes to the rules regulating how they transition from the EU labelling regime to a new post-Brexit, UK-specific labelling regime, which make transitioning easier and less costly for them.

Employers are considering what they can do to guard against potential claims arising from employees’ gender-critical beliefs in the workplace, as legal disputes in this area hit the headlines.

Limited companies and their advisers using the Companies House Webfiling service to file company information will welcome upgrades that make the service more useful and secure, moving towards the Companies House goal of a single sign-in for all Companies House services.

Businesses that have planned how to deal with commercial disputes – especially as the downturn takes hold – are better placed to resolve them fast and effectively to their advantage, reducing costs and stress.