The United Kingdom and Switzerland have signed a protocol to the current UK/Switzerland double taxation agreement. […]
Category: Employment/Labour Law
Employment: Paternity leave extension shelved
Paternity leave extension shelved […]
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Employment: High Court rules default retirement age of 65 is lawful
On 25th September 2009 the High Court gave judgement in the so-called “Heyday” case, a long-running challenge to the legality of the Default Retirement Age (DRA) of 65 established by the Employment Equality (Age) Regulations 2006.
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Employment: Significant changes to the UK points-based Immigration Rules from 6 April 2010
On 18 March 2010 the Home Office announced changes to the Tier 1 (highly skilled workers) and Tier 2 (skilled workers with a job offer) which impact all applications made on or after 6 April 2010 […]
Tax/Social Security: New P45 forms
HMRC has introduced a new form P45 which
must be used to record details of employment that have come to an end
on or after 6 April 2009 […]
Compensation & Benefits: Employment trends survey reveals extent of workplace belt tightening
The Confederation of British Industry and recruitment consultancy Harvey Nash have published a survey revealing the extent of organisational changes employers have made or are considering making to weather the downturn. […]
Employment: Compensation can be reduced for earnings
Compensation can be reduced for earnings during notice period in constructive dismissal cases […]
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Employment: Offshore workers – “field breaks” count toward
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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Employment: More employees get the right to request flexible working
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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Employment: Changes to European Works Council regulations
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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