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UK: New resources - March 2011
Herbert Smith litigation ebulletin on a recent Supreme Court judgment abolishing expert witness immunity Herbert Smith litigation ebulletin on the …
UK: Red tape day - employment law changes April 2011
Key employment law changes coming into force in early April 2011 have been announced: Retirement: last chance to act tomorrow New paternity rights …
UK: Retirement - changes to transitional provisions
On 17 February the Government published draft regulations on the abolition of the default retirement age. These contained rather odd transitional …
UK: Team poaching - doubts over use of forward contracts
The duty of trust and confidence applies to forward contracts; employees may therefore lawfully withdraw from those contracts if the future …
UK: Restructuring - subjective assessment for appointment to new role
Where a group of otherwise redundant employees have applied for a newly created role, an employer is entitled to use its subjective judgment of who would …
UK: Board diversity - Davies Report recommends targets
The Davies Report on how to increase the proportion of women on boards has been published. In its key recommendation, the report rejects quotas …
UK: Equality Act - dual discrimination delayed
According to Personnel Today, the Government Equalities Office have confirmed that the dual discrimination provisions in the Equality Act will not come …
UK: Equality Act - disability guidance
Revised draft guidance on the definition of disability has been laid before Parliament and is expected to come into force on 1 May 2011, after which …
UK: Training requests - extension to smaller employers postponed
The right to make a request for time off to train or study will not be extended to employers with fewer than 250 employees in April 2011 as originally …
UK: Tax - treatment of post-P45 payments
Our December ebulletin noted the HMRC's intention to change PAYE regulations and require employers from 6 April 2011 to apply the usual basic, higher and …
UK: HMRC publishes FAQs on the draft disguised remuneration legislation
On 9 December 2010 HMRC released draft legislation in the Finance Bill 2011 designed to "tackle arrangements involving trusts and other vehicles used to …
UK: Bribery Act - implementation delayed
The Bribery Act will not now come into force in April 2011, due to delays in publishing guidance on the Act. The Act will not be implemented until …
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