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UK: parliamentary committee recommends reforms for gender pay gap reporting
On 2 August 2018 the House of Commons' Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee published a report on the gender pay gap reporting obligation …
UK: guidance for employers on actions to close the gender pay gap
On 1 August 2018 the Government Equalities Office (GEO) confirmed that 100% of employers covered by the new gender pay gap reporting obligation have now …
UK: revised corporate governance code
The FRC has published a new version of the UK Corporate Governance Code applicable to accounting periods beginning on or after 1 January 2019. The …
UK: sleep-in carers not entitled to national minimum wage while asleep
The Court of Appeal has ruled that on-call employees who have to remain available for work at a particular location but are expected to sleep will only …
UK: Diversity Developments - presentation of pay gap data, proposals on parental leave and dress code guidance
The Government Equalities Office has published the findings of a commissioned study (here) concluding that the clearest and most accessible way of …
UK: Compensation - impact of flexible PHI options on loss of earnings claim
Employers should be aware that, where they provide different levels of PHI benefit through a flexible benefits scheme, this may mean that only part of …
UK: HMRC and HM Treasury Publish Consultation to Extend Recent IR35 Public Sector Reforms to the Private Sector
On 18 May 2018, HMRC published a consultation document entitled "Off-payroll working in the private sector" with the aim of tackling what it perceives as …
Australia: Key employment tax changes announced in the Federal Budget
Greenwoods + Herbert Smith Freehills have highlighted the above key changes employers should be aware of following the Federal Budget announcement in …
Hong Kong: Warning on Potentially Anti-Competitive Employment Practices
The Hong Kong Competition Commission (the "Commission") recently released an advisory bulletin indicating that it has encountered a number of situations …
Asia: Using Incentives to Effectively Retain Key Employees
Effective remuneration and incentive models are crucial to ensuring that management teams and key personnel are incentivised to stay with the business …
Japan: Differing Conditions Between Permanent and Fixed Term Employees
On 14 September 2017, the Tokyo District Court interpreted and applied the meaning of "unreasonable differences" to the benefits enjoyed by permanent and …
UK: The gender pay gap deadline has passed - what next for employers?
The deadline for larger employers to publish their gender pay gap reports passed on 4 April 2018, with around 1500 employers in default. The Equality and …
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