On 29 January 2010, HMRC issued new guidance in its Employee Share Schemes User Manual on the operation of SIPs. […]
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Compensation & Benefits: EU Commission now narrows Prospectus Directive exemption for employee share schemes
Soon after announcing a blanket exemption the EU has revised its proposals […]
Compensation & Benefits: Amendment to AIM rules to now require disclosure of directors’ remuneration
On 15 December 2009, the London Stock Exchange published AIM Notice 35, detailing proposed amendments to the AIM Rules. […]
Compensation & Benefits: Childcare vouchers to loose tax and National Insurance Contribution exemptions
Employers should take advantage of the scheme now to secure the tax and NIC advantages to 2015 […]
Compensation & Benefits: ABI – New Executive Remuneration Guidelines and “position paper”
On 15 December 2009, a new version of the Association of British Insurers (ABI) Guidelines was published together with an accompanying position paper on how the Guidelines should be applied […]
Compensation & Benefits: The post-Walker corporate governance environment
Governance needs to be brought “back to centre stage” but will not be achieved through “box-ticking conformity” […]
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Compensation & Benefits: Prospectus Directive
In September 2009, the EU Commission proposed amendments to the current Prospectus Directive which would have extended the current exemption under the Directive to cover employee share schemes of all companies, including those not admitted to trading on an European Economic Area (EEA) “regulated market”. […]
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Compensation & Benefits: An extra bank holiday in 2012!
The government plans to create a one-time extra bank holiday on 5 June 2012 to mark Queen Elizabeth II’s Diamond Jubilee. […]
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Compensation & Benefits: UK Enterprise Management Incentives (“EMI”) schemes
To become more attractive to non-UK companies […]
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Compensation & Benefits: Financial Services Bill
Following the recent G20 summit in Pittsburgh in September 2009, it appears that a blank cheque has been written for financial services sector regulation […]
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