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UK: New resources from Acas and government
Acas have published a guide on 'legal highs' and analysis of key workplace trends for 2016. The Department for Work and Pensions have …
UK: Bonus decisions - Wednesbury unreasonableness test is relevant
Last year's Supreme Court ruling (see here) that employers may be required to consider all relevant factors and discount irrelevant ones (the public …
UK: PRA proposes giving former employers power to reduce buy-outs granted by the new employer
The Prudential Regulation Authority has published a consultation paper setting out its proposal for a new approach to "buy-out" awards, with the stated …
UK: Autumn statement - employment law announcements
The Autumn Statement by the Chancellor on 25 November 2015 included the following: The apprenticeship levy will be introduced in April 2017 at a rate …
UK: Government proposed reforms - equal pay, diversity, picketing and employment agencies
Consultation over the Government's plan to require larger companies to publish pay information showing whether there is a gender pay gap closed in …
France: Macron law adopted
Law n°2015 990 for growth, activity and equality of economic opportunities, the Macron Law, was finally adopted on 6 August 2015. This law covers a wide …
UK: New legislative proposals and guidance on minimum/living wage, apprenticeships consultation, employee travel expenses, recruitment and induction
The government has announced plans to increase the penalties for failing to pay the national minimum wage and national living wage (being introduced in …
UK: Summer consultations - minimum wage, posted workers, apprenticeships, tribunal fees
The Low Pay Commission is consulting until 25 September seeking views on the government’s proposed changes to the national minimum wage and the …
Thailand: Minimum wage rate set to change for 2016
The Permanent Secretary of the Labour Ministry announced in early June that Thailand’s nationally set daily minimum wage, currently set at 300 Baht …
UK: Summer Budget 2015 - points for employers
The Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday handed down his second Budget of 2015, summarised in our HSF tax briefing here. Points of interest from …
UK: Salary: default daily accrual rate of 1/365 unless overridden by contractual terms
The Court of Appeal has ruled that an employee's salary accrues day to day pursuant to the Apportionment Act 1870, but the rate at which it accrues will …
UK: Zero hours and national minimum wage changes in force 26 May
Two employment provisions of the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 came into force on 26 May 2015: The ban on exclusivity clauses in …
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