An important decision for the oil and gas industry – the Employment Appeal
Tribunal (“EAT”) has reversed a previous decision that “field breaks”
(time spent onshore by offshore workers) cannot count towards statutory
minimum holiday entitlement […]
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At present employees with 26 weeks continuous employment have a right to request flexible working arrangements to accommodate caring responsibilities for children aged up to 6 (18 where the child is disabled) or for adult relatives or adults who live at the same address as the employee […]
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The Transnational Information and Consultation of Employees (Amendment) Regulations 2010 (“TICER”) amending the Transnational Information and Consultation of Employees Regulations 1999 (the “1999 Regulations”) in order to bring them into line with the recast 2009 European Works Council Directive (the “Directive”) in the UK, were put before Parliament on 6 April 2010. The majority of the amendments are expected to come into force on 5 June 2011 […]
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New measures crack down on unpaid tribunal awards […]
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The Netherlands has taken the first step towards obtaining the necessary parliamentary approval for the new tax treaty signed between the Netherlands and the United Kingdom (the “New Tax Treaty”) by submitting it to the Lower House on September 23, 2009 […]
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Thomsons Online Benefits publish Employee Rewards Watch 2009 […]
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It is almost universally agreed that the statutory dismissal and grievance procedures introduced in 2004 have failed in their stated objective of reducing the amount of claims going to employment tribunals […]
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The United Kingdom and Malaysia recently signed a protocol updating the existing double taxation agreement between the countries. […]
On 8 April 2010 the Bribery Bill received Royal Assent. No date has yet been set for the new Act to come into force, however it represents a complete overhaul of corporate obligations in relation to bribery and corruption. The maximum penalty for offences under the Act is 10 years’ imprisonment or an unlimited fine […]
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Employees participating in HMRC approved Sharesave schemes are required to save a certain amount from their net pay, normally monthly. The arrangement will normally include an entitlement to a bonus which is equal to a guaranteed number of monthly contributions […]
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