The rate of Statutory Sick Pay for qualifying periods of sickness absence commencing on or after 6 April 2009 is £79.15 per week (£15.83 per day for employees with five qualifying days per week) […]
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On 6 April 2010 the Equality Bill as amended by the House of Lords was passed without further change by the House of Commons. It received Royal Assent on 8 April and the majority of its provisions are expected to come into force in October 2010 […]
On 13 May the Chancellor of the Exchequer announced a surprise amendment to be made to the Finance Bill 2008 […]
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HMRC announced the publication of an update to its long standing booklet IR 20 on the taxation of residents and non-residents. […]
Care needs to be taken before settling discrimination claims until legislative fault is corrected. […]
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The Supreme Court confirm the timing of the effective date of termination (“EDT”) of employment on summary dismissal – a key date for vesting of rights under incentive plans. […]
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Key objectives which will provide the framework for the EU’s revised protection of personal data legislation. […]
Clients who obtain advice from non-lawyers may not be able to prevent the disclosure of information given to advisors. […]
An amended version of CRD (the “Capital Requirements Directive”) 3 was published on 30 September 2010 by the Council of Europe. […]
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The government has announced that from April 2011 new measures are being introduced to limit the number of non-EEA migrants who may come to the UK. […]
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