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The Takeover Code will be modified on 5th July 2021 to remove the need for EU UK Competition and Market Authority Clearance …

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Agreement has been reached amongst management representatives and unions on the Building and Allied Trades Joint Industrial Council (BATJIC) …

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It is often stated in government debates about the merits of remote working, that it leads to the problem of employees working excessive overtime …

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The May bank holiday in 2022 will be moved to 2nd June 2022 (Thursday) and an extra bank holiday introduced on 3rd June 2022 (Friday) …

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The UK Supreme Court has decided that those who sleep over on employer premises, but remain on stand-by to be called in emergencies are only entitled to the national minimum wage for the time when they are required to work during their stand-by hours [Mencap Society v Tomlinson-Blake and Shannon v Rampersad and another (T/A Clifton House Residential Home)] …

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New tax rules now apply to all employees whose positions are terminated and receive notice payments …

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The annual round of share plan reporting comes to a head on 6th July 2021 …

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Even though it remains evident under common law and statute that the acts of employers remain their direct responsibility, however informed, the trades union movement continues to see all forms of automation used to assist with decision making as a legal loophole …

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The UK Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal from the food retail chain Asda against a collective equal pay claim by its female supermarket-based workforce …

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The Bank of England has notified financial service companies that they must seek clearance before moving operations out of the UK …

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Those currently in the United Kingdom may only travel abroad (apart from the Irish Republic) if they have a justifiable reason to do so …

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The passage of the Pandemic and its impact on commuters has been indelibly placed on record by one set of statistics – the use of the London Transport …

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There has always been a gap in the Health and Safety at Work Act and Employment Rights Act 1996 (ERA) because they did not effectively apply to dependant (“limb (b)) workers …

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An employment tribunal has accepted that it is lawful for a company to dismiss a driver if they fail to comply with Client wishes in respect to PPE …

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There is some evidence suggesting that the Pandemic has led to a substantial outflow of foreign workers from the UK, especially from London …

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