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8 February 2016

Safe Harbor: a step forward

EU-US Privacy Shield To the surprise of some commentators, the discussions between the EU Commission and US government officials have now produced a form of agreement on a replacement data…

2 February 2016

What progress in replacing the Safe Harbor scheme?

The Judicial Committee of the US Senate approved the Judicial Redress Act (JRA) on 28 January 2016  (symbolically, International Data Privacy Day) designed to remove one of the obstacles which…

20 January 2016

ECHR finds surveillance of private communications at work does not infringe human rights

Background The much litigated issue of employers’ rights to review employees’ private communications during working hours, using company equipment, has come before the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR). The…

16 December 2015

Highlights for HR professionals from the draft Finance Bill 2016

The draft Finance Bill 2016 was published on 9 December 2015 and contains a number of provisions that will be relevant to HR practitioners. These provisions implement the changes announced…

26 November 2015

Autumn Statement 2015: Main points to note for UK employers

Following the tax announcements of the Summer Budget in July of this year, yesterday’s Autumn Statement focussed mainly on the Government’s Spending Review.  However, it did also contain a few…

12 November 2015

Exceptional talent in Tech industry can now apply for UK visas in groups

From today, 12 November 2015, technology businesses in the UK can recruit teams of exceptional talent from outside the EU in groups of five.  This forms part of the Tech…

2 November 2015

Gender pay gap reporting now to include bonuses

The Government has announced that new legislation requiring companies to report on their gender pay gap will include an obligation to provide information on bonuses awarded to both men and…

9 July 2015

Summer Budget 2015 – Key announcements relevant to UK Employers

The second budget of 2015 in many ways continues previous trends as the UK government looks to incentivise people into work, reduce state benefit and deficit bills and promote the…

21 May 2015

European court decision on the Woolworths case and collective redundancies

The long awaited decision regarding the former UK retailers Woolworths and Ethel Austin has been handed down by the European Court of Justice (ECJ). The ECJ decided that each store…

5 March 2015

In the press – ESOP Centre cover our review of changes on the taxation of internationally mobile employees

March 2015, The Employee Share Ownership Centre have featured comments from Abbiss Cadres about tax rules for internationally mobile employees in their March edition.