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30 January 2012
Compensation & Benefits: Employee Benefit Trusts (EBTs) – anti-avoidance update
HMRC targets EBTs HM Revenue & Customs (“HMRC) has recently published Spotlight 5: Using trusts and similar entities to reward employees - PAYE (Pay As You Earn) and National Insurance…
30 January 2012
Compensation & Benefits: Update on proposed auto-enrolment pension reforms
“Pragmatic approach” welcomed as “major step forward” Following the Department for Work and Pensions’ (“DWP”) consultation exercise in September 2009, key changes have been made to the draft regulations initially…
30 January 2012
Employment: Updated guidance on managing workplace stress
The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development, the Health and Safety Executive and Investors in People collaborated to produce new guidance for line managers on managing workplace stress. The updated…
30 January 2012
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…
30 January 2012
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…
30 January 2012
International Assignments: New France-UK dual tax treaty
The new treaty offers exemptions from French wealth tax and closes avoidance loopholes. France and the UK signed a new tax treaty on 19 June 2009 to replace the current…
30 January 2012
Employment: Workers can reclaim holidays lost to sickness
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled that a worker who is sick during a period of annual leave may decide to postpone his holiday entitlement to an alternative…
30 January 2012
Employment: Consultation on gender pay reporting in the private sector
The Equality and Human Rights Commission (“EHRC”) is consulting on ways to measure and report on the gender pay gap in private and voluntary sectors on a voluntary basis –…
30 January 2012
Compensation & Benefits: National minimum wage set for a small rise
Small increases to the national minimum wage will take effect from 1 October 2009. The Government has adopted the Low Pay Commission’s recommendations that: the adults rate, for workers aged…
30 January 2012
Employment: Consultation on regulation of contingency fees in tribunal cases
The Government has announced plans to consult on the regulation of “damages-based contingency fees” (“DBCFs”) in employment tribunals. A DBCF is a type of “no-win, no-fee” agreement which allows a…