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19 January 2012
Employment: Compensation can be reduced for earnings
In unfair dismissal cases an employee does not have to give credit for earnings from alternative employment during the normal notice period (known as the “Norton Tool principle” after the…
19 January 2012
Employment: Offshore workers – “field breaks” count toward
An important decision for the oil and gas industry - the Employment Appeal Tribunal ("EAT") has reversed a previous decision that “field breaks” (time spent onshore by offshore workers) cannot…
19 January 2012
Employment: More employees get the right to request flexible working
At present employees with 26 weeks continuous employment have a right to request flexible working arrangements to accommodate caring responsibilities for children aged up to 6 (18 where the child…
19 January 2012
Employment: Changes to European Works Council regulations
The Transnational Information and Consultation of Employees (Amendment) Regulations 2010 (“TICE”) amending the Transnational Information and Consultation of Employees Regulations 1999 (the “1999 Regulations”) in order to bring them into…
19 January 2012
Employment: New measures crack down on unpaid tribunal awards
The Government has announced new measures to reduce the number of unpaid tribunal awards and the costs of enforcing them. The new measures are in response to Government research which…
18 January 2012
International Assignments: Ratification of new UK – Netherlands double tax treaty
The Netherlands has taken the first step towards obtaining the necessary parliamentary approval for the new tax treaty signed between the Netherlands and the United Kingdom (the “New Tax Treaty”)…
18 January 2012
Compensation & Benefits: Thomson Online Benefits publish Employee Rewards Watch 2009
A survey by Thomsons Online Benefits has found that 88.32% of respondents thought that reward professionals are under more pressure to minimise costs and improve return-on-investment in 2009. The research…
18 January 2012
Employment: Repeal of statutory dismissal and grievance procedures
It is almost universally agreed that the statutory dismissal and grievance procedures introduced in 2004 have failed in their stated objective of reducing the amount of claims going to employment…
18 January 2012
International Assignments: Double tax agreement: exchange of information protocol signed to UK/Malaysia agreement
The United Kingdom and Switzerland have signed a protocol to the current UK/Switzerland double taxation agreement. The protocol will bring the exchange of information article in the tax agreement in…
18 January 2012
Employment: New criminal offences to counter corporate corruption
On 8 April 2010 the Bribery Bill received Royal Assent. No date has yet been set for the new Act to come into force, however it represents a complete overhaul…