The Bench FZE today announced it has added extra weight to the pack with the addition of John Stamper to its team of legal consultants. Joby Beretta, Director of The Bench said, “John’s unique international employment law and compliance experience in our core sectors of Sport, Media and Entertainment made him a natural fit for The Bench. He will be joining as Legal Director to head up our rapidly expanding employment law team which advises clients not only in our key TMT and

DIFC EMPLOYMENT LAW No.6 of 2018 (the “Proposed Law”) Consultation Paper After a number of years of inevitable growing pains, the DIFC Employment Law (No.4 of 2005) (as amended by DIFC Amendment Law - No.3 of 2012) is about to undergo significant change. The Proposed Law is subject to consultation (until 22 March 2018) and the final version is likely to come into force later in 2018. Background and Basis for Review The text of the stated background to the proposed legislative

All companies in the UK with over 250 workers are required to publish certain information on pay differentials by April 2018 in accordance with the Equality Act 2010. Out of the law firms that have already reported their gender pay gaps the difference is as much as 32%. It is likely that we will see even larger differences as the rest of the law firms release their data nearer to the deadline. The results are available at https://gender-pay-gap.service.gov.uk/Viewing/sear