Reminder Re Gender Pay Gap Information Act 2021
As noted in our newsletter earlier this year, the Gender Pay Gap Information Act 2021 (the “Act”) was finally signed into law on the 13th July 2021. The Act amends the Employment Equality Act 1998 and will require regulations compelling certain employers to publish information relating to the remuneration of their employees by reference to their …
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Issues And Payments To Be Aware Of Re Latest Restrictions
On 17th December 2021, the latest restrictions were introduced which will have an adverse impact on the income for a number of businesses and their employees. Employers have had to lay off employees already and others are likely going to have to make layoffs in January. In anticipation of this, the Government announced significant expansion of …
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Reeling In The Year 2021
It is appropriate at this time of the year to look back at some of the developments and the important cases that have shaped the landscape of employment law in Ireland in 2021.
HR’s Control of the Process Removed Its Independence – Labour Court Increases WRC Award by over €10,000
In the recent decision of the Labour Court in the case of Frederick Hobson v Praxis Care, UDD2172 the Labour Court was so critical of the Respondent not subjecting the other employee involved in the incident to investigation or disciplinary process and its failure to facilitate an independent process, that it increased the award from €20,000 to …
BCLP advises Sberbank on rub 161 billion sale of Eurocement Group
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner (Russia) LLP (formerly – Goltsblat BLP LLP) advised Sberbank on the recently completed sale of debt and equity in Eurocement Group, following electronic auction, to the winning bidder – Mikhaylovsky Construction Materials Plant – for an aggregate consideration of RUB 161 bn (circa $2.16 bn) – positively viewed by Sberbank:
Transaction summary: Mr. Sonu Sood and Sood Infomatics LLP
DSK Legal represented Mr. Sonu Sood and Sood Infomatics LLP (“SIL”) in relation to the acquisition of equity shares of Intercell Technologies Private Limited (“Company”) from the existing shareholders of the Company.
Bär & Karrer Advised AgEagle on the Acquisition of senseFly
AgEagle Aerial Systems Inc. (“AgEagle”), an industry-leading provider of drones, sensors and software listed on the New York Stock Exchange, and Parrot, a leading European drone group, entered into an agreement under which AgEagle acquired senseFly, a Parrot Group wholly-owned subsidiary, in a cash and stock transaction. Founded in 2009 and headquartered in Lausanne, senseFly …
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Bär & Karrer Advises IBM on the Spin-off of Kyndryl in Switzerland
IBM Switzerland spun off its managed infrastructure services business to Kyndryl Switzerland in support of the separation of that business globally from IBM to Kyndryl. Kyndryl is now trading on the New York Stock Exchange.
Bär & Karrer Advises Novartis on the Sale of its Roche Stake
On 3 November 2021, Novartis agreed to sell 53.3 million Roche bearer shares in a bilateral transaction to Roche for a consideration of USD 20.7 billion.
Bär & Karrer Advises the Sellers on the Sale of SpecPage
The shareholders of SpecPage, a global provider of integrated software solutions and online tools for the recipe-based manufacturing industry, have sold their shares to Revalize, a worldwide provider of sector-specific revenue operations software for manufacturers, their distributors and their specifiers.