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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…
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…