HMRC has published updates to the ESSUM including some useful clarifications on SAYE (“Save As You Earn”) and CSOP (Company Share Option Plan) options […]
Month: January 2012
Employment: Information Commissioner hikes annual data controller notification fees
It is a legal requirement for organisations to register with the Information Commissioner if they process personal data relating to living individuals. As the definition of “processing personal data” is wide enough to include holding of names on customer lists and employee payroll details, every business is “data controller”. The registration is renewable annually. […]
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Compensation & Benefits: EMI options
Form EMI1 must be submitted to SCEC within 92 days of an EMI option grant. Delays caused by using the wrong address could result in the option failing to qualify as an EMI option. […]
Compensation & Benefits: Extension to paternity leave revisited – employers fear administrative burdens and scope for fraud
The government will shortly be consulting on proposals to allow fathers to “share” some of a mother’s maternity leave entitlement.
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Employment: EAT rules “field breaks” count toward annual leave
Employment: EAT rules “field breaks” count toward annual leave […]
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Compensation & Benefits: New levy on workplace parking
On 1 October 2009 new regulations come into effect that will allow local authorities in England (excluding Greater London), to introduce schemes under which employers and educational establishments will be charged for each parking space they provide. […]
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Employment: Government brings forward review of default retirement age
The government has announced that the review of the default retirement age (“DRA”), originally scheduled for 2011, will be brought forward to 2010. It is expected that any changes to the DRA will not be implemented until 2011. […]
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International Assignments: Deadline for UK personal income tax returns looms
Tax payers who are required to file a 2008/09 UK personal income tax return and are planning to file a paper return have until midnight on Saturday 31 October 2009 to submit their return to HM Revenue & Customs. […]
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Employment: Increase in Statutory Sick Pay and Statutory Maternity Pay rates
The rate of Statutory Sick Pay for qualifying periods of sickness absence commencing on or after 6 April 2009 is £79.15 per week (£15.83 per day for employees with five qualifying days per week) […]
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Employment: Equality Act passed
On 6 April 2010 the Equality Bill as amended by the House of Lords was passed without further change by the House of Commons. It received Royal Assent on 8 April and the majority of its provisions are expected to come into force in October 2010 […]