The Work Agenda

In this episode, Sally and David discuss what we’ve learnt from the Next EAT equal pay appeal decision and the preparation needed for new Employment Tribunal time limits from 1 October 2026.  

How did Greece implement the EU Pay Transparency Directive in just 33 days?

In this episode of Pay Attention, Tom Heys and David Lorimer and joined by Katerina Papastergiou from Kremalis to explore one of the fastest transpositions of the Directive anywhere in Europe. They unpack the journey from consultation to final law, examine the key changes made along the way, and explain what employers need to know.

The discussion covers employee information rights (including a trailblazing(?) right for employers to refuse requests), the role of worker representatives, enforcement and sanctions, and one of the Greek law's most distinctive features: the central role of the Greek Ombudsman, who has been placed at the heart of every PTD process. 

This week, Pay Attention heads to Northern Ireland. Although the UK left the EU, Northern Ireland occupies a unique legal and constitutional position, raising an unexpectedly tricky question: does the Pay Transparency Directive apply there?

Northern Ireland presents perhaps the biggest legal puzzle of the Pay Transparency Directive.

Employment law is devolved. The UK has left the EU. But Article 2 means the story doesn’t end there.

Joined by Leeanne Armstrong from Lewis Silkin’s Belfast office, Tom Heys and David Lorimer explore what Article 2 actually says, why lawyers disagree about what it means, how Northern Ireland’s own gender pay gap proposals fit into the picture, and, most importantly, what employers should be doing while the lawyers continue to disagree.

It’s an episode about constitutional law, equality law, Brexit and pay transparency. Surprisingly, it all makes sense. Mostly.

In this special episode on privilege, Carla Watling and Sohrab Daneshku explore the High Court decision in Aabar v Glencore and what it means for legal advice privilege, including when protection may extend to internal communications within a client group or documents created by a group member, even where no lawyer is involved.  

Slovakia is one of just four EU Member States to implement the Pay Transparency Directive on time. But that doesn't mean all the answers are clear. In this episode of Pay Attention, Tom Heys and David Lorimer are joined by Dušan Nitschneider to unpack Slovakia's new legislation, including a right to pay information that's both live and not quite live, the race to build compliant pay structures by July 2027, and whether the law could open the door to same-sex equal pay claims. We also explore the role of trade unions in Slovakia, the utility of forthcoming government guidance, and why employers across Europe may be watching Slovakia closely as one of the Directive's earliest adopters.

In this episode, Lucy and Sally discuss the government’s recent NDA consultation and two EAT decisions on protected conversations and offer letters. 

A first for Pay Attention, our Pay Transparency Directive podcast: a sequel. Because apparently the first serving of Italy and the Pay Transparency Directive wasn’t quite satiating enough.

Tom Heys and David Lorimer are delighted to once again be joined by Ornella Patané to unpack Italy’s latest draft legislation – where salary definitions are debated like ragù recipes, CCNL classifications simmer away, and even employee information rights come with a strict “once a year” serving suggestion.

It’s Italy moving from the appetiser stage to il secondo: more structure, more substance, and a regulatory tasting menu where every course comes with a compliance obligation attached.

Recorded live at last year’s Managing an International Workforce conference, our speakers unpacked how organisations can counter international competitive risks, sharing practical strategies and perspectives from jurisdictions across the globe.

In this episode of the Future of Work Hub's ‘In Conversation’ podcast, Lucy Lewis is joined by Stephen Isherwood, Chief Executive of the Institute of Student Employers (ISE). With over two decades’ experience at the forefront of graduate recruitment and early-careers strategy, Stephen shares insights on the current state of the graduate and early careers market and what this means for employers' long-term succession pipelines.  They discuss the growing impact of AI on early career roles, the shift towards skills-based hiring, and how significant demographic changes, including falling birth rates and longer working lives, are set to reshape how organisations plan for their future people needs.

Our Beyond Borders podcast series is designed to help you manage your international workforce and navigate the quirks of international employment law. In this episode, we are joined by US employment law experts David Garland and Shira Blank to demystify the realities of employing staff in the United States. They explore why “at‑will” employment is only part of the picture, the challenges of simultaneously navigating federal, state and city laws, and the litigation risks international employers need to be aware of.