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Gender Pay Reporting Obligations: Timescale and Further Details Now Confirmed
Gender Pay Reporting Obligations: Timescale and Further Details Now Confirmed The Government has confirmed details of how larger employers will be required to report on their gender pay gap. It has a...
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Keeping Children Safe in Education: The Latest Guidance
...contractsCheck that out-of-hours contracts with organisations that work with children satisfy the guidance expectations set out in the keeping children safe in out-of-schools settings guidance. Refere...
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Party manifestos: workplace issues
...contracts and give workers who work regular hours for more than 12 weeks the right to a regular contract reflecting those hoursRequire breaks during shifts to be paidRequire cancelled shifts to be pai...
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EU gig economy workers could be reclassified as employees
...contracts, visit our employment pages for more information and for details on how to contact us.
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Queen’s Speech: Employment Aspects
...contracts. No further information on its proposals has been provided; tackle national minimum wage abuses by imposing higher penalties on employers who fail to pay the national minimum wage. The de...
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Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020: What a Relief…!
...contracts can use that insolvency as grounds to terminate their contract. This is a common clause in commercial contracts which suppliers rely on to limit their exposure to the counterparty’s insolven...
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Non-compete clauses could be banned under Government proposals for reform
...contracts. It has opened a consultation seeking views on proposals, including requiring employers to pay employees for the duration of the restriction, introducing a statutory limit on the length of t...
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Employment Law Reforms: Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Bill 2014
...contracts; Deter breaches of National Minimum Wage laws by amending the power to set the maximum penalty for underpayment so that it can be set on a per worker basis. This means that employers face ...
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Death of employee results in a six-month custodial sentence
Death of employee results in a six-month custodial sentence A self-employed contractor has been sentenced after an employee was killed when the trench he was working in collapsed on him. The self-emp...
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Tax and NICs Treatment of Termination Payments: Government Response to Consultation
Tax and NICs Treatment of Termination Payments: Government Response to Consultation The Government has issued its response to its consultation on simplifying the tax and National Insurance treatment o...
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Harpur Trust holiday pay case to be heard by the Supreme Court
Harpur Trust holiday pay case to be heard by the Supreme Court Many schools will be relieved to hear that the Supreme Court has now given permission to hear an appeal in the key holiday pay case of Ha...
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New PRA and FCA Whistleblowing Rules. Are you Ready?
...contracts Firms will have to ensure that wording in employment contracts and settlement agreements does not deter staff from whistleblowing. Firms will be required to include a term in all settlement...
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International network ELLINT expands into China
...contracts, executive contracts and incentive and benefit schemes, individual and collective dismissals, as well as restructurings and reorganisations. Baohua’s clients include many of the best ...
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Government consults on off-payroll working rules
...contracts with), that there is no obligation to pass its decision down the chain so that it reaches the fee payer and that the worker and fee payer do not have a right to request reasons for the decis...
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Avoiding anti-competitive behaviour: new advice for employers
Avoiding anti-competitive behaviour: new advice for employers The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has issued guidance for employers on avoiding anti-competitive behaviour. It points out that c...
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Non-compete restrictions to be limited to three months
...contracts to three months. The legislation will be brought in “when Parliamentary time allows”, suggesting the change may not be imminent. Detail is limited and it is unclear, for example, whether the...
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Ensuring Compliance with Directors' Duties – Some Practical Tips
Ensuring Compliance with Directors' Duties – Some Practical Tips Directors' dutiesDay to day control of a company is delegated by the shareholders to the company’s directors. They act as the public re...
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Government announces reforms to workers’ rights in latest Good Work Plan
Government announces reforms to workers’ rights in latest Good Work Plan The Government has announced that it intends to bring in legislation to improve protection for agency workers, zero-hours worke...
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Government announces “Good Work Plan” for enhancing rights and protections at work
...contracts and will be asking the Low Pay Commission to consider this. It will also introduce a right for all workers, not just zero-hours and agency workers, to request a “more stable” contract....
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Guaranteed Minimum Pensions (GMPs) and the GMP Equalisation Process
Guaranteed Minimum Pensions (GMPs) and the GMP Equalisation Process What are GMPs? Between 6 April 1978 and 5 April 1997, individuals could pay higher national insurance contributions to build up ent...