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30 January 2012
Employment: Continuity of employment preserved in pre-pack sales
Background Regulation 8 of the Transfer (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 (“TUPE”) provides that if an insolvency is with a view to the liquidation of the assets of the transferor…
30 January 2012
Employment: Increases to statutory minimum holiday entitlement
Effective 1 April 2009 the statutory entitlement to paid holiday will increase to 5.6 weeks, inclusive of bank holidays. For an employee working a 5 day week in England where…
30 January 2012
Employment: New paternity rights available for new and adoptive parents from 3 April 2011
On 6 April 2010, regulations came into force granting new rights to additional paternity leave and pay for parents with children due on or after 3 April 2011. The new…
30 January 2012
Employment: Pre-judgment interest in discrimination cases reduced
Unlike most other types of claims in the employment tribunals, claimants in discrimination cases can claim interest on losses incurred up to the date of judgment. The interest accrues on…
30 January 2012
Compensation & Benefits: OFT takes anti-money laundering (“AML”) role
Some loans made to employees require employers to be licensed under the Consumer Credit Act 1974 to avoid potential criminal liability and to be able to enforce the loan. The…
30 January 2012
Compensation & Benefits: National minimum wage rises (slightly)
Small increases to the national minimum wage took effect from 1 October 2009 The government has adopted the Low Pay Commission’s recommendations that: the adults rate, for workers aged 22…
30 January 2012
International Assignments: Substantial changes to EU social security regulations in May 2010
New liabilities for EU employers not present in the UK; employees working in two EU member states may no longer be able to stay in their home country social security…
30 January 2012
International Assignments: US – IRS issues guidance on new exit tax
The US Internal Revenue Services (IRS) has issued guidance on the new exit tax that applies to individuals subject to US expatriation on or after 17 June 2008. Expatriation is…
30 January 2012
Compensation & Benefits: Statutory holiday pay for workers on long term sick leave
Earlier in 2009 the European Court of Justice ruled that workers who were on long-term sick leave were entitled to continue accruing annual holiday even if they had exhausted all…
20 January 2012
A new law firm and a message!
Welcome to Abbiss Cadres. Perhaps to some, the birth of a new legal practice is no reason to celebrate. It is a predictable but understandable reaction. It is one we…