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Nicola Whiteley

Partner

London

Read full biography at www.orrick.com

Nicola is head of the London Employment Team and has more than 20 years of experience in all aspects of contentious and non-contentious employment law, with a particular focus on complex and/or cross border issues for multinational clients and on the Technology and Finance sectors.

Leading a "straightforward and solutions-focused" team in London, Nicola is listed and noted for her "business-oriented approach" in Who's Who Legal and recognised by Legal 500 as a "very responsive, thoughtful, and pragmatic consummate professional", with clients praising her "excellent judgment and knowledge."

She is a member of the International Committee of the Employment Lawyer's Association.

Posts by: Nicola Whiteley

Mind the Gap: The Final Mandatory Gender Pay Gap Reporting Regulations are Announced!

Mike Delikat and Nicola WhiteleyPosted on December 7, 2016

In February this year, draft gender pay gap reporting regulations were published and comments were invited. There then followed an extended period while we waited for the final regulations to be published and the (many) consultation questions to be addressed. One could speculate about the chaos caused by Brexit [in Parliament] that caused this extended waiting period, but we won’t. The main thing is that the final regulations are at last here and (subject to parliamentary approval) will come into force on April 6, 2017. READ MORE →

Cross-Border Trends: Mind the Gap

Nicola WhiteleyPosted on February 26, 2016

In the heady days of the Coalition Government, gender pay gap reporting started to get some traction on the political agenda. This led to the 2011 initiative ‘Think, Act, Report’ which encouraged employers to voluntarily publish gender pay gap information. According to a Guardian article in August 2014, citing a parliamentary question from the shadow Equalities Minster at the time, 200 companies signed up to the initiative but only four of those ever published any data. £90,000 of public money later and we were clearly no further on.

Cross-Border Trends: UK to Follow US Attack on the Gender Pay Gap

Erin Connell, Mike Delikat and Nicola WhiteleyPosted on February 17, 2016

Following months of waiting the UK Government has finally published its draft regulations on the new “gender pay gap reporting” requirements in the UK. On publication of the draft regulations, the UK Government has asked one final consultation question: “What, if any, modifications should be made to these draft regulations?” – And so it would appear that the draft regulations are nearing but possibly not quite in final form, pending any pertinent responses received.