The Information Commissioner’s Office has been granted new enhanced powers […]
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Compensation & Benefits: New company car mileage rates
From 1 December 2009, HMRC approved rates payable to an employee for use of a company car for business purposes have changed with immediate effect. […]
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Employment: Consultants subject to implied duty of confidentiality
Consultants subject to implied duty of confidentiality […]
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International Assignments: A guide to living and working in Switzerland as a foreign individual
“Can the last person to leave please turn off the lights…” […]
International Assignments: Amended HMRC arrival procedures for expatriate employees
Notifications of new arrivals in the UK will no longer be accepted by HMRC if the correct form is not submitted by employers
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Compensation & Benefits: Employee Benefit Trusts (EBTs) – anti-avoidance update
Compensation & Benefits: Update on proposed auto-enrolment pension reforms
“Pragmatic approach” welcomed as “major step forward” […]
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Employment: Updated guidance on managing workplace stress
Updated guidance on managing workplace stress […]
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Employment: Government to consult on extension of the right to claim flexible working
The government has adopted proposals of a report by the Department of Business Enterprise and Regulatory Reform which recommend the extension of the right to request flexible working to all employees with parental responsibility for children up to the age of 16. It will be consulting on how best to implement the proposals which envisage […]
Expatriates: A8 workers registration scheme extended
The UK Government has decided to extend the registration scheme, which was due to end on 30 April 2009, for two more years. The scheme will now end on 30 April 2011. The scheme covers workers from the so-called “A8 countries”: Czech Republic; Estonia; Hungary; Latvia; Lithuania; Poland; Slovakia; and Slovenia. Employees from A8 countries […]
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