Recent news
Latest items of recent news relevant to United Kingdom as reported in our fortnightly newswire ‘Dernières nouvelles’.
United Kingdom: Changes on international data transfer
Three important changes have taken place on the international data transfer front in recent months …
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United Kingdom: Siemens UK introduces automated car rental programme for employees
A new company car scheme has been launched for the majority of business travel …
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United Kingdom: Mistakes in collective agreements
Court to consider rewording of a collective agreement to overcome an error in its interpretation …
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United Kingdom: Tesco staff to see pay rise to £10.10 an hour
The Tesco supermarket chain has reached an agreement with the USDAW trades union establishing a new minimum pay rate …
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United Kingdom: Government to produce statutory code of practice on ‘fire and rehire’
A new statutory code of practice has been announced to parliament concerning the controversial practice of ‘fire and rehire’ …
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United Kingdom: High potential individual (HPI) route
New immigration rules to be launched in respect to the High Potential Individual (HPI) route and the Scale-up route …
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United Kingdom: Parliament approves data transfer agreement
The UK’s own version of the International Data Transfer Agreement has been approved by the Westminster Parliament …
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United Kingdom: Implementing the Remaining Provisions of the Trade Union Act 2016 – April 2022
With effect from 1st April 2022, Employers Associations and Trade unions have become subject to new powers introduced through changes to the Trade Union Act …
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United Kingdom: Pro bono legal service
The Employment Lawyers Association now has in place a pro-bono committee to encourage lawyers to work with those who cannot afford legal representation …
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United Kingdom: Unions push further on pay
A number of double digit pay increases are being secured by the leading Unions …
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United Kingdom: Extra bank holiday on 3rd June 2022
Additional, one-off, bank holiday on 3rd June 2022 …
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United Kingdom: Government confirms no mandatory ethnicity pay gap reporting (at this stage)
The government has confirmed that it no longer intends to introduce mandatory pay gap reporting on the basis of ethnicity …
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United Kingdom: Rishi Sunak cuts fuel duty, raises National Insurance threshold and promises to reduce income tax in spring statement
The Chancellor has made a number of concessions to alleviate the impact of price inflation on real earnings …
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United Kingdom: Number of workers on payrolls rises to record 29.7 million
Real time PAYE data indicates that employment is now higher than before the pandemic …
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United Kingdom: New employment compensation limits from 6 April 2022
From 6th April 2022, a number of compensation limits will change – but according to what logic? It is curious why the government chooses different percentage increases for benefits when it comes to their annual review …
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