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UK: Women on Boards - EHRC guidance on the limits of lawful positive action
In March 2014 Business Secretary Vince Cable was reported to back the use of women-only shortlists by headhunters searching for candidates to fill …
UK: ECJ opinion that obesity is not a disability, but severely obese employees may be disabled
The Advocate General of the European Court of Justice has given his opinion rejecting the contention that EU law prohibits discrimination on the ground …
UK: Directors' remuneration reports - key themes to emerge
We are now through the bulk of the first season in which directors' pay policies have been put to a binding shareholder vote. We thought this an …
UK: Risks of breaching reasonable expectations of pension scheme members
The High Court has held that an employer breached its duty of good faith to its pension scheme members by proposing changes that ‘confounded’ their …
UK: New publications
HMRC has updated guidance on IR35 concerning the use of intermediaries such as personal service companies.
EU legislation update - no change for pregnant workers
Employers already facing changes to UK laws on family leave from 2015 will welcome the news that the European Commission has withdrawn proposals to amend …
UK: Statutory holiday - payment in lieu on employee death
The ECJ has ruled that, when a worker dies after a period of sickness preventing them taking their accrued holiday, payment in lieu of the accrued …
UK: Resignation without notice - deduction from pay lawful
The EAT has ruled that it was not an unenforceable penalty for a contract to include a clause deducting a payment equal to the salary for the period of …
UK: Disability - scope of duty to make reasonable adjustments
The Court of Appeal has confirmed that neither EU nor UK law impose on an employer a duty to make reasonable adjustments for disablity to …
UK: Legislative reform - whistleblowing, zero hours and other changes
Following proposals outlined in the Queen's Speech, the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Bill has now been published. It includes the …
UK: Flexible work requests - new regime in force
A new regime for flexible work requests came into force on 30 June 2014 - see here for details. Our HSF briefing available to clients provides a …
UK: Equal pay audits - draft regulations published for implementation on 1 October 2014
The Government has published its response to last year's consultation on the proposal to require tribunals to order equal pay audits where …
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