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Vedder Price | When AI Doesn’t See Everyone Equally

Workplace surveillance has moved from the margins to the mainstream of modern working life.

A recent survey reported that around one-third of UK employers now use digital monitoring or “bossware” to track staff, alongside more traditional controls such as swipe cards and CCTV. The Institute for Public Policy Research has warned that this growing reliance on surveillance risks undermining workers’ rights and wellbeing. Together, these findings highlight why regulators and courts are increasingly being asked to consider whether technologies such as live facial recognition (LFR) are compatible with fundamental rights.

Vedder Price | Christmas shopping at work? What employers need to know

A recent employment tribunal decision ruled in favour of an employee dismissed after her employer monitored her personal use of shopping and property websites. As the festive shopping season approaches, Rachel Easton examines what employers can learn from this decision.

Online shopping activity typically surges in the run-up to Christmas, with Black Friday and Cyber Monday driving record levels of consumer spending each year.

Oakham Wealth | The Evolving B Corp Journey

It’s been three years since Oakham Wealth first became a Certified B Corporation, joining a movement originally born in the US but now thriving in the UK to a remarkable degree. Back in 2022, there were around 600 B Corps in Britain and 4,500 worldwide. Today, those figures have swelled to over 2,600 in the UK and more than 10,000 globally. This means the UK community is the second largest and fastest growing B Corp hub on the planet. For a nation of our size, that’s extraordinary.