Businesses both within, and transacting with, the EU need to plan to manage the significant impact and major penalty regime of the new regulations. […]
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Category: Employment/Labour Law
EU-US Privacy Shield rejected
In March 2016, the EU Commission issued a draft decision stating that the Privacy Shield agreement negotiated between US officials and the EU Commission in January 2016, as a replacement for the former Safe Harbor agreement, offered adequate protection for EU citizens’ personal data transferred to and processed in the US. […]
Court confirms decision to include commission in holiday pay
The Employment Appeal Tribunal has confirmed that an employee’s holiday pay should take into account the contractual commission they would have received had they been able to work during their holiday period. […]
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Introduction of the new National Living Wage
The compulsory National Living Wage will take effect from 1 April 2016. The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills has published a guidance on how to calculate the minimum wage and more. […]
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UK Budget 2016: key takeaways for HR practitioners
On 16 March 2016, the Chancellor delivered the 2016 Budget. This article provides an overview of the key developments relevant to HR practitioners. […]
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Mandatory gender pay reporting regulations published
The UK government has published the draft Equality Act 2010 (Gender Pay Gap Information) Regulations 2016 with major implications for large employers. Public consultation on the draft regulation will remain open until 11 March 2016. […]
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Safe Harbor: a step forward
To the surprise of some commentators, the discussions between the EU Commission and US government officials have now produced a form of agreement on a replacement data flow system for the Safe Harbor agreements. […]
What progress in replacing the Safe Harbor scheme?
The Judicial Committee of the US Senate approved the Judicial Redress Act (JRA) on 28 January 2016 (symbolically, International Data Privacy Day) designed to remove one of the obstacles which led to the Court of Justice in the European Community (CJEU) declaring that Safe Harbor agreements are no longer lawful under EU law. […]
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ECHR finds surveillance of private communications at work does not infringe human rights
The much litigated issue of employers’ rights to review employees’ private communications during working hours, using company equipment, has come before the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR). […]
Highlights for HR professionals from the draft Finance Bill 2016
The draft Finance Bill 2016 was published on 9 December 2015 and contains a number of provisions that will be relevant to HR practitioners. These provisions implement the changes announced in the Government’s Summer Budget and Autumn Statement and will take effect from 6 April 2016. […]
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