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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…
18 March 2013
Terminating employment without notice
The Supreme Court has provided guidance on terminating contracts of employment with a payment in lieu of notice. The facts Mr Geys was employed by Société Générale at its London…
6 March 2013
Flexible working Code and Yahoo’s ban on home-working
The public body ACAS has published its draft Code of Practice in advance of the 2014 right to request flexible working from carers to all eligible employees. At the same…
1 March 2013
Your strategic approach to flexible working
2014 heralds new laws which will extend the right to request flexible working from carers to all eligible employees. What are the new laws? During the course of 2014, new…
13 February 2013
Tax relief is due on claw back of bonus
A taxpayer wins his claim for tax relief in relation to the repayment to his employer of part of his sign-on bonus. Background The taxpayer entered into a new employment…