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13 December 2013

Another victory for the UK Revenue against income tax avoidance

The UK tax authorities have achieved a significant victory in their battle to crack down on tax avoidance schemes involving employee remuneration. These schemes seek to take advantage of loopholes…

6 December 2013

Autumn statement 2013: Good news for employee share ownership and other welcome tax breaks

The Chancellor’s Autumn statement provides some welcome news for both employers and employees.  Many of the employment tax measures reflect the government’s priorities of promoting employee share ownership, simplifying the…

1 November 2013

Serious Fraud Office brings its first prosecution under the Bribery Act 2010 with more to come

Two years after the Bribery Act 2010 coming into force, the Serious Fraud Office (“SFO”) has started its first prosecution under the Act. The facts The charges are against three…

1 November 2013

Employee shareholder status implemented from 1 September 2013

From 1 September 2013, employees will be able to receive shares in their employer tax free in exchange for giving up certain employment rights. The new law As we reported…

1 November 2013

New Employment laws in force

As part of the Government's review of employment law a number of changes to employment legislation are shortly to come into force. The new provisions Employment Tribunal Fees - From…

30 April 2013

Employee shareholders

The government's proposals to create a new status of employee shareholder have now passed through Parliament and will come into effect in Autumn 2013. The new law The government proposed…

30 April 2013

Employee voice and sustaining business success

A recent report by Involvement and Participation Agency (IPA) and Tomorrow's Company1 indicates that organisations that help their employees speak up are more able to create conditions for sustained business…

30 April 2013

All change for collective redundancy rules

In this article, we analyse recent changes to the law on collective redundancies and explain how we can help organisations going through restructures. The facts The law on collective redundancies…

22 March 2013

UK Budget Statement – Free shares

The Chancellor of the Exchequer, in his Budget statement, announced further details in relation to "employee shareholders" (See Resources below for our article, "Shares in Exchange for Employment Rights"). Background…

18 March 2013

Resolving workplace disputes

The Government has recently consulted on the detail of its proposal to introduce compulsory conciliation through the Advisory Conciliation and Arbitration Service ("ACAS") as a necessary pre requisite of bringing…