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On 18 March 2021, the ASA published a report entitled Influencer Ad Disclosure on Social Media, which sets out the findings of a three-week compliance monitoring exercise undertaken in September 2020. The ASA monitored the accounts of 122 influencers it had...
A study of over 5,000 employees carried out in late 2020 by research company Gartner has revealed that the COVID-19 pandemic has caused 29% of employees to feel depressed. 49% of employees interviewed stated that they had taken part in workplace wellbeing programmes,...
Following last month's landmark Supreme Court ruling that its drivers are workers under UK employment legislation, Uber has announced that from 17 March 2021 all of its drivers, irrespective of their age, will receive at least the National Living Wage (NLW), after...
The Department of Health & Social Care announced on the 6th March 2021 an extension to the workplace Covid asymptomatic testing scheme. The question Can an employer require or force employees to take a COVID-19 test at work or before returning to work? is answered...
As you may have seen, Ryanair's Jab and Go Advert was recently banned by the ASA. The watchdog held that the advert was inaccurate and misleading. I thought I'd therefore put together a short blog on the laws and regulations on advertising and why it is important to...
Ryanair's “Jab & Go” Advert has been ruled misleading and banned by the ASA following 2500 complaints - one of the most complained about ads last year. The Advertising Standards Agency investigated the ad shown at Christmas time, which suggested people booked...
If you've invested time and money in to developing a brand, then your business will usually want to ensure that no one else can copy the branding. You can protect the business by seeking Trade Mark Registration in the UK. Trade Marks in the UK are registered with the...
On 19 January 2021, BEIS announced changes to the Prompt Payment Code, the voluntary code under which over 2,800 companies and public bodies have committed to paying their suppliers on time and fairly. The code is administered and enforced by the Office of the Small...
The founder of Pimlico Plumbers has said he plans to introduce a “no vaccine, no job” policy, compelling workers to be inoculated against the coronavirus. Chairman Charlie Mullins compared getting the jab to getting vaccinated for travel abroad, and said the...
On 31 December 2020, the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) published a list of 139 employers who had collectively failed to pay £6.7 million to over 95,000 workers between September 2016 and July 2018. The list included a number of...
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