All Things Legal ………. Autumn 2021 - Gordon Kerr Gordon Kerr EuRA Strategic Consultant Legal gordonkerr@gklegal.co.uk
As I write this, I’m preparing for a EuRA Brie ng on VAT issues for relocation businesses. The optimist in me is treating this as a sign that relocation activity is picking up again. But I’m also very aware that some countries are going backwards into lockdowns and that the road ahead will continue to be bumpy and unpredictable. I hope that your business is on track to thrive again and that Covid-related issues will be largely behind us when we all get together next year in Seville! In this edition, I have selected a variety of legal updates which may be relevant to your business: • GDPR 1. Transferring personal data from the EU to the UK 2. New guidelines on “Controllers” and “Processors” • Brexit – latest stats on relocation of top nancial jobs. • Employment law 1. Ban on “religious” clothing upheld by court 2. IKEA France ned €1 million for snooping on staff • VAT – post-Brexit issues for relocation companies If there is a particular legal topic that you would like me to cover in a future edition of The EuRApean, please feel free to contact me anytime. GDPR update
Following Brexit, a concern for many relocation businesses was the possibility that the EU would impose restrictions on the transfer of personal data from EU countries to the UK. There is now good news in the form of an EU “adequacy decision” which means that, for data transfer purposes, the UK will be treated like an EU country, i.e. free of restrictions. RMCs which have already implemented an alternative UK transfer mechanism, such as EU Standard Contractual Clauses, may now wish to update their contracts. In reality, as there had been a post-Brexit grace period for UK transfers, most
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