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. […]
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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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Employment: New measures crack down on unpaid tribunal awards
New measures crack down on unpaid tribunal awards […]
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International Assignments: Ratification of new UK – Netherlands double tax treaty
The Netherlands has taken the first step towards obtaining the necessary parliamentary approval for the new tax treaty signed between the Netherlands and the United Kingdom (the “New Tax Treaty”) by submitting it to the Lower House on September 23, 2009 […]
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Compensation & Benefits: Thomson Online Benefits publish Employee Rewards Watch 2009
Thomsons Online Benefits publish Employee Rewards Watch 2009 […]
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Employment: Repeal of statutory dismissal and grievance procedures
It is almost universally agreed that the statutory dismissal and grievance procedures introduced in 2004 have failed in their stated objective of reducing the amount of claims going to employment tribunals […]
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International Assignments: Double tax agreement: exchange of information protocol signed to UK/Malaysia agreement
The United Kingdom and Malaysia recently signed a protocol updating the existing double taxation agreement between the countries. […]