Compensation & Benefits: FRC issues final report on corporate governance and commences consultations on draft revised Combined Code and a new stewardship code

Current Combined Code is “broadly fit for purpose”. […]

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Employment: Consultation equal treatment of agency workers

Last May the UK government reached an accord with the employees and employers bodies (the TUC and CBI) which broke a 9 year deadlock on the proposed EU Agency Workers Directive. Agency staff to have the same pay and conditions as “end user” employees The Directive proposes new rights for workers who are supplied to […]

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Compensation & Benefits: Revised European social security legislation from 1 May 2010

Revised EU legislation will introduce substantial changes to social security for EU employers not present in the UK and for those individuals who work temporarily outside their home EU member state […]

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Employment: Application of UK employment legislation to a worker travelling from one place to another

The Court of Appeal (“CA”) has upheld a decision of the Employment Appeal Tribunal that a seaman employed on a ship registered outside Great Britain can bring an unfair dismissal claim in the UK […]

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Compensation & Benefits: Online filing of share schemes returns for year ended 5 April 2010 – deadline 6 July 2010

HMRC reminder that the relevant form must be completed and returned to the Employee Shares & Securities Unit before 7 July following the end of the tax year for which it was issued. […]

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Compensation & Benefits: Pensions reforms – new disclosure rules for tax avoidance schemes

Following on from the announcements in April of this year regarding the restriction of higher rate tax relief on pension contributions for those earning more than £150,000,…. […]

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Compensation & Benefits: Publication of proposals from EHRC to reduce gender pay gap

Last year we reported that the Equality and Human Rights Commission (“EHRC”) had been asked by the Government to review private sector pay arrangements in an attempt to increase transparency in the area of pay and narrow the pay gap between men and woman. […]

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