New guidance for employers under the Worker Protection (Amendment of Equality Act 2010) Act 2023 - The latest in-house insights from Ashfords

Our in-house bulletin provides key legal updates across various practice areas to help ensure in-house lawyers, GCs and contract and procurement managers can easily and efficiently keep abreast of what’s happening in the legal world.

In this edition we cover:

  • The steps employers should take to remain compliant with the new sexual harassment rules.
  • Key takeaways from the upcoming Data (Use and Access) Bill.
  • The future of the shareholder rule following a recent case ruling.
  • The judgment in the BDW Trading Limited v Ardmore Construction Limited case and its implications.
  • A look at the new Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging and Packaging Waste) Regulations 2024 which came into force on 1 January 2025.

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Reasonable steps an employer should take under the Worker Protection (Amendment of Equality Act 2010) Act 2023

Under the Worker Protection (Amendment of Equality Act 2010) Act 2023, employers are legally obligated to take reasonable steps to prevent, address, and resolve sexual harassment. In this guide we outline the necessary steps employers should take to ensure they are legally compliant.

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Data (Use and Access) Bill: key takeaways for in-house operations

The Data (Use and Access) Bill is currently at report stage in the House of Lords, reflecting the government’s renewed focus on harnessing the economic power of data. This article highlights which elements of the Data Protection and Digital Information Bill will remain and which will be discarded in the Data (Use and Access) Bill, how the newly proposed reforms will benefit various sectors and how these reforms will affect in-house teams.

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Is the shareholder rule no more?

A recent case has made a notable change to legal privilege between a company and its shareholders. In this article, we review the background to the shareholder rule and the decision recently given in the case.

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Adjudication - what is a dispute 'arising under' the contract?

This article considers the judgment in the BDW Trading Limited v Ardmore Construction Limited case in further detail, and how parties should understand a reference to 'arising under the contract' going forward.

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Extended producer responsibility for packaging: key takeaways for packaging producers

The Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging and Packaging Waste) Regulations 2024 came into force on 1 January 2025 and introduce new legal obligations for packaging producers under the extended producer responsibility regime for packaging in the UK, also referred to as pEPR.

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