France and the UK signed a new tax treaty on 19 June 2009 to replace the current tax treaty which is now more than 40 years old. However ratification of the new tax treaty is currently being discussed in the French Parliament and it is therefore not yet effective. […]
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The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled that a worker who is sick during a period of annual leave may decide to postpone his holiday entitlement to an alternative date. This case builds on the principle established in ECJ cases on the holiday entitlement of those on long term sick leave that sick leave […]
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The Equality and Human Rights Commission (“EHRC”) is consulting on ways to measure and report on the gender pay gap in private and voluntary sectors on a voluntary basis – new powers to compel reporting from 2013 appear in the Equality Bill.
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Small increases to the national minimum wage will take effect from 1 October 2009. The Government has adopted the Low Pay Commission’s recommendations that: the adults rate, for workers aged 22 or over, should rise from £5.73 to £5.80 per hour; the development rate, for workers aged between 18 and 21, should rise from £4.77 […]
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The Government has announced plans to consult on the regulation of “damages-based contingency fees” (“DBCFs”) in employment tribunals. A DBCF is a type of “no-win, no-fee” agreement which allows a claimant’s legal representative to receive a percentage of the total damages award if the claimant’s case is successful. As employment tribunals have very limited powers […]
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Regulation 8 of the Transfer (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 (“TUPE”) provides that if an insolvency is with a view to the liquidation of the assets of the transferor then its provisions do not apply. […]
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Effective 1 April 2009 the statutory entitlement to paid holiday will increase to 5.6 weeks, inclusive of bank holidays. For an employee working a 5 day week in England where there are 8 bank holidays per year this means that they will be entitled to a total 4 weeks plus bank holidays. Provided an employee […]
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On 6 April 2010, regulations came into force granting new rights to additional paternity leave and pay for parents with children due on or after 3 April 2011. The new rights will also apply to adoptive parents who have received notice of an adoption ‘matching’ on or after this date […]
Unlike most other types of claims in the employment tribunals, claimants in discrimination cases can claim interest on losses incurred up to the date of judgment. The interest accrues on a daily basis and is simple, not compounded. The applicable interest rate in England and Wales is set by the Lord Chancellor. The interest rate […]
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Some loans made to employees require employers to be licensed under the Consumer Credit Act 1974 to avoid potential criminal liability and to be able to enforce the loan. The OFT now requires such employers to register with it for AML purposes. The Office of Fair Trading (“OFT”) has announced that persons offering consumer credit […]
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