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Publish date: 01/03/2021Talking Law in Local Government
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Can employers require employees to get vaccinated? How do we manage testing and employees refusing to go to work? Join us at our free webinar on March 3rd 12-1pm.
Join us for our next National Lead meeting with guest speaker Vincent King partner at Weightmans LLP & LLG National Lead for Partnership & Procurement Kieran McGaughey to discuss LLG Green Paper response
The Association of Democratic Services Officers (ADSO) and Lawyers in Local Government (LLG) have been lobbying the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government to change primary legislation to enable local authority remote meetings to take place beyond the current statutory deadline of 6 May 2021. In the event of this not being successful, and to support the Secretary of State in his wish to find a solution, ADSO, LLG and Hertfordshire County Council have instructed counsel to issue proceedings in the High Court to seek a declaratory judgement to enable such meetings to take place within existing legislation.
LLG are delighted to announce the appointment our new National Lead for Employment Felicia Epstein at the launch of our Employment Zoom Meeting today.
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Hertfordshire County Council have produced Guidance for Covid Secure Elections 2021 spearhead by their Director of Public Health Jim McManus, as part of their Hertfordshire Covid-19 Safe Elections Public Health Guidance Group comprising several senior officers including our own President, Quentin Baker ,who is the Chief Legal Officer and Returning Officer at Hertfordshire. It covers general infection control measures, communications to voters prior to polling day, candidate briefings and nomination arrangements, polling stations and counting operations. Published with grateful thanks to Hertfordshire and Jim McManus.
Quentin Baker, President of LLG discusses the Government's climb down following the revocation of the Exit Cap Payment Regulations alongside the role both he and LLG played together with ALACE, in bringing Judicial Review proceedings to challenge the flaws in the Regulations.
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Our corporate partners Anthony Collins have published the results of their annual social impact report, highlighting how their work during 2020 has improved lives, communities and society.