UK Employment Law & Risk Agenda: A look at the year ahead...
Client Alert | 1 min read | 01.25.10
In common with every other year, there are a number of key items on the UK employment law and risk agenda in 2010. Our key issues for the year are listed below. Click here to download a PDF of our full analysis.
Employment
- Increase in the Default Retirement Age… or will it be abolished?
- Single Equality Act
- Equal rights for agency workers
- Fit notes replace sick notes
- Additional paternity Leave
- Usual suspects I - Statutory payments
- Usual Suspects II - Unfair Dismissal and tribunal awards
- Time to train initiative
- Independent Safeguarding Authority
- Union rights
Risk
- Occupational Road Risk
- Occupational Fire Risk
- Occupational Health
Insights
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California Considering A Massive Expansion of Its Antitrust Laws
Legislative efforts to significantly expand California’s antitrust laws are working their way through the state legislature. The most comprehensive overhaul is Assembly Bill 1776 — the Competition and Opportunity in Markets for a Prosperous, Equitable and Transparent Economy (COMPETE) Act, introduced by Assembly Majority Leader Cecilia Aguiar-Curry, on March 23, 2026. AB 1776 is modeled closely after draft legislation recommended by the California Law Revision Commission (CLRC) in December. AB 1776 would not only significantly expand potential liability for single-firm conduct and monopolization but would also explicitly decouple California antitrust analysis from certain federal standards. Companies doing business in California should pay close attention to AB 1776 because of its potentially dramatic impact, including increased exposure to antitrust litigation and increased compliance costs.
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