Hannah Mahon
Hannah is a partner in our Employment, Labor and Pensions group.
She is an experienced tactical litigator specialising in high value and/or complex and strategically challenging employment tribunal litigation and confidential and restrictive covenant matters.
Her recent experience includes defending a circa £2m cross-jurisdictional ET claim (harassment (race), race discrimination, victimisation, whistleblowing, unfair dismissal and breach of contract) for a non-UK headquartered bank leading to ultimate withdrawal of claim.
Successfully defending a circa. £2.2m ET claim (race, sex, associative disability, victimisation and unfair dismissal) for a global tech company and its Global Head of Sales.
Hannah has also advised an upsurging tech company (including seeking opinion from Leading Counsel) on appropriate employment status for the business model and holiday pay for atypical workers.
While successfully resolving an extremely sensitive equal pay and discrimination grievance with a value of circa. £200-£250k for a global underwriter. Complainant remained employed throughout the process.
As well as the above, Hannah is the Legal technology Partner for Employment and Pensions. Works alongside the team’s Legal Technologists seeking to utilise legal technology products wherever possible in the provision of legal services to sift out process inefficacies and ensure service excellence.
Hannah is also heavily involved with mentoring the junior members of the London employment team.
Practice Area
Membership
- ELA Training Committee
- The Law Society
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PRACTICE NOTES
EU AI Act: Employment Compliance for UK and Multinational Employers: Scope, Extraterritorial Reach, Risk Categories, Provider/Deployer Obligations, Worker Information and Consultation, AI Literacy and Penalties
This Practice Note sets out an overview of the main considerations for employers under Regulation (EU) 2024/1689, the EU Artificial Intelligence (AI) Act (EU AI Act). It highlights essential details on scope, the risk-classification approach, obligations, and how these could be relevant in the employment context. For further material on the EU AI Act, see Practice Notes:
The EU AI Act
The EU AI Act—snapshot
EU AI Act—literacy rules
EU AI Act—general purpose AI models
Artificial intelligence in the EU—the key legal issues
Background and context
The EU AI Act creates a comprehensive legal framework governing the development, placing on the market, putting into service, and use of AI systems in the EU. Its aims are to advance the uptake of human-centred and trustworthy AI while safeguarding health, safety and fundamental rights, guarding against harmful effects of AI systems in the EU, and supporting innovation. For more information, see Practice Note: The EU AI Act—Objectives of the EU AI Act.
The EU AI Act identifies the principal actors in the AI value chain—importers, distributors, product manufacturers, authorised representatives, providers and deployers. It introduces a risk-classification system, assigning different obligations to...
Employment
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