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UK: Executive remuneration – Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill presented to Parliament
The Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill, which will be used to introduce a binding shareholder vote on executive remuneration, has been …
UK: Board level diversity - skirting the issue
The European Commission’s consultation on redressing the gender imbalance in company decision-making closes on 28 May 2012. The consultation could …
UK: Queen’s Speech sheds light on new legislative framework
Jemima Coleman considers the next steps in the government’s proposed overhaul of employment legislation The article, first published in the Employment …
Mass redundancies in EMEA
Recent times have seen regular announcements of mass redundancies, more often than not from a company with global operations. These companies face the …
UK: Banker's bonuses - ex-Dresdner bankers secure bonus victory based on oral promise at staff meeting
Financial institutions are well aware of the need for bonus schemes to be drafted very carefully to ensure discretions are not fettered …
UK: Handy client guide to privilege
Herbert Smith has published a client guide to legal professional privilege under English law, comprising: A decision tree: intended as a quick …
UK: Age discrimination - Supreme Court tinkers with law on retirement ages
In Seldon v Clarkson Wright and Jakes the Supreme Court has confirmed that employers need to give careful consideration when seeking to justify …
UK: Age discrimination - degree requirement needs to be justified
Employers should only impose requirements for job holders to have a degree if these can be justified. Where an employee was coming up to compulsory …
UK: Recruitment - failure to disclose information may shift burden of proof for discrimination claim
Employers can refuse to provide recruitment information to an unsuccessful job applicant who meets the advertised job criteria, but risk this being used …
UK: Rest breaks - no automatic unfair dismissal right where dismissed for sleeping
The dismissal of employees for sleeping at work was not an automatically unfair dismissal for 'refusing' to accept an employer's breach of working time …
UK: Termination - effective from date resignation letter received at employer
Where an employee sends a letter resigning with immediate effect, the effective date of termination (for calculating tribunal claims limits and …
UK: Statutory default retirements - notices invalid if fail to refer to statutory provision
The Court of Appeal has confirmed that employer notices to retire employees under the old statutory default retirement age regime given prior to 6 April …
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