Laura Thompson

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Employment Lawyer. Blogging on law, politics, and music. She/Her
Laura ThompsonAug 25, 2025

BLOG - Reconnections

https://laurathompsoncom.wordpress.com/2025/08/25/reconnections/

Reconnections

Saturday 23 August 2025 In the dog days of late summer I have reflected on the reasons I started to write. It was the pandemic. We were locked in the house for our own protection from coronavirus. …

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Laura ThompsonAug 24, 2024
The Isle of Harris, Scotland
Laura ThompsonAug 24, 2024

BLOG - Does the Government control the Government?

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Laura ThompsonAug 18, 2024
Zen business thought for the day
Laura ThompsonAug 14, 2024
Wow - took a social media break and came back to 1300 followers on mastodon
Laura ThompsonDec 23, 2023

BLOG - Waiting for the beacons

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Laura ThompsonDec 9, 2023

Tech - who is gathering information?

https://laurathompsoncom.wordpress.com/2023/12/09/tech-who-is-gathering-information/

Tech – who is gathering information?

Saturday 9 December Microsoft recently said that if some fear that AI will develop powers beyond our control, then that will become the reality. It was an interesting take after the turbulent week …

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Laura ThompsonNov 25, 2023

BLOG - Open AI

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Laura ThompsonNov 21, 2023

UK Supreme Court finds Deliveroo riders have no rights to collective bargaining because they aren’t workers:

- @IWGBunion considering options “under international law”

- Ruling puts UK at odds with the majority of courts in Europe

Full report here: braveneweurope.com/gig-economy-pr…

Laura ThompsonNov 7, 2023

BLOG - Tech and the State Opening of Parliament

https://laurathompsoncom.wordpress.com/2023/11/07/tech-effects-of-automation/

Tech – effects of automation

Tuesday 7 November 2023 In addition to the state opening of Parliament, the USDAW Southern regional conference has just taken place in Maidstone. The faces looking back at me from the lectern are e…

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