The much litigated issue of employers’ rights to review employees’ private communications during working hours, using company equipment, has come before the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR). […]
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Highlights for HR professionals from the draft Finance Bill 2016
The draft Finance Bill 2016 was published on 9 December 2015 and contains a number of provisions that will be relevant to HR practitioners. These provisions implement the changes announced in the Government’s Summer Budget and Autumn Statement and will take effect from 6 April 2016. […]
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Autumn Statement 2015: Main points to note for UK employers
Following the tax announcements of the Summer Budget in July of this year, yesterday’s Autumn Statement focussed mainly on the Government’s Spending Review. However, it did also contain a few significant tax-related changes that will impact HR practitioners. […]
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Exceptional talent in Tech industry can now apply for UK visas in groups
From today, 12 November 2015, technology businesses in the UK can recruit teams of exceptional talent from outside the EU in groups of five. This forms part of the Tech Nation Visa Scheme, an evolution of the current Tier 1 Exceptional Talent scheme, introduced by Tech City to help attract high calibre tech talent to the UK. […]
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Gender pay gap reporting now to include bonuses
The Government has announced that new legislation requiring companies to report on their gender pay gap will include an obligation to provide information on bonuses awarded to both men and women. Scrutiny will be placed on the criteria on which bonuses are awarded, to ensure they are fair and equal. […]
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Summer Budget 2015 – Key announcements relevant to UK Employers
The second budget of 2015 in many ways continues previous trends as the UK government looks to incentivise people into work, reduce state benefit and deficit bills and promote the UK as “open for business”. However there was one major surprise announcement impacting employers with the introduction of a new National Living Wage. Aside from this headline grabbing measure we saw a continued focus on reducing tax reliefs for the highest earners and the crack down on tax avoidance. […]
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European court decision on the Woolworths case and collective redundancies
The long awaited decision regarding the former UK retailers Woolworths and Ethel Austin has been handed down by the European Court of Justice (ECJ). The ECJ decided that each store could be a separate ‘establishment’. […]
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Tax avoidance involving employment-related securities – another defeat for HMRC
The Upper Tax Tribunal has dealt another blow to HMRC in its battle against tax avoidance schemes, by overturning the judgement of the First-tier Tribunal in the Tower Radio/Total Property Support Services case. […]
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Cutting the red tape: Autumn Statement tax update for HR professionals
New updates have been made to the Finance Bill 2015: we’ve produced a summary of the key points. […]
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Directors’ remuneration: FRC publishes revisions to UK Corporate Governance Code
The Financial Reporting Council published final revisions to the UK Corporate Governance Code which applies to UK listed companies for accounting periods starting on or after 1 October 2014. […]
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