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Last month we reported that the ASA plans to significantly extend its online remit. Our opinion was that this would bring much new material into their territory, and that your competitors may start complaining to the ASA if they feel there is potentially misleading information on your website.
This issue has clearly now been picked up by the ASA and CIPR. The ASA have clarified that “online public relations”, defined as “press releases, other public relations material and editorial content”, are not covered. The ASA will be concerned only with marketing communications, including advertising, sales promotion and direct marketing.
In our view, the boundaries of the above definition are currently insufficiently clear to prevent an influx of complaints once the new system gets underway. However CIPR will be giving further guidance, including examples of common types of activities considered as “public relations”– whether this will resolve the issue remains to be seen.
As has been widely reported this week, some 3,000 UK workers are taking part in a six month trial to assess the viability of a four-day working week without any reduction in their normal pay.
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From 6 April 2022, right to work checks on all migrant or settled prospective employees must be online and checks on British or Irish nationals will be manual (free) or digital (charged for).
In Nissan v Passi, the High Court recently considered the issue of an employee retaining confidential documents belonging to his former employer in the context of the employer’s application for an injunction seeking the return of such documents from the employee.
A recent decision by the Supreme Court in Shanks v Unilever PLC has supported the right for employees to receive compensation for patented inventions if the invention is of ‘outstanding benefit’.
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