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31 January 2012
Employment: Clarification of territorial scope of race and age discrimination legislation
Employees who work at least partly in the UK are entitled to rely on UK legislation to bring race and age discrimination claims. The Employment Appeal Tribunal (“EAT”) has ruled…
31 January 2012
Compensation & Benefits: An extra bank holiday in 2012!
The government plans to create a one-time extra bank holiday on 5 June 2012 to mark Queen Elizabeth II’s Diamond Jubilee. In addition to the extra day of holiday, the…
31 January 2012
Expatriates: New rules for non-UK domiciled and not ordinarily resident taxpayers
Under the UK tax system those who have a non-UK domicile are entitled to use the remittance basis of taxation whereby only income and gains which they “remit” to the…
31 January 2012
Employment: A reminder of the importance of communication in redundancy situations
An EAT case* heard in March underlines the importance to employers of ensuring effectively that employee communication during the redundancy process is not overlooked. In a redundancy situation, an employee…
31 January 2012
Compensation & Benefits: UK Enterprise Management Incentives (“EMI”) schemes
To become more attractive to non-UK companies Following on from the recent announcement by HM Revenue and Customs regarding a significant development concerning EMI schemes, the proposed amendment to the…
31 January 2012
Employment: Equality Bill 2009 – a wide-ranging reform of discrimination legislation
The Equality Bill 2009 is currently being debated in Parliament, with simultaneous public consultation on specific provisions including the proposed extension of age discrimination laws to the provision of services.…
31 January 2012
Compensation & Benefits: Financial Services Bill
Further changes published by the Council on 4 and 18 November and 11 December 2009 Story so far In September 2009, the EU Commission proposed amendments to the current Prospectus…
31 January 2012
Employment: Government launch “helpline” on government enforced employment rights
The service is available to employers and workers for information and advice, and to report breaches of National Minimum Wage, Employment Agency standards, Working Time rules and other matters. The…
31 January 2012
International Assignments: A new concealed tax on sport?
International athletes who attend sporting events in the UK may be subjected to UK tax on a higher proportion of their worldwide earnings than has previously been the case before.…
31 January 2012
Employment: Redundancy pay increase from 1 October 2009
The Government will increase the weekly limit for calculating statutory redundancy pay from £350 to £380 on 1 October 2009. This limit will not rise in February 2010 but will…