Recent news

Latest items of recent news relevant to United Kingdom as reported in our fortnightly newswire ‘Dernières nouvelles’.

United Kingdom: Apply for grants if your business completes customs declarations

Companies gearing up for Brexit will often need to increase their in-house customs skills capabilities …

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United Kingdom: A forgotten aspect of Brexit

A forgotten aspect of Brexit that will have relevance during the transition period until December 31st 2020 will be how to determine the applicability of EU Directives that refer to “Member States” in their text …

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United Kingdom: New legal right to paid parental bereavement leave

A new right to take up to 2 weeks’ paid parental bereavement leave will be established on the 6th of April 2020 …

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United Kingdom: Cars will need to display a GB sticker when visiting Europe and Ireland post Brexit

With effect from the 1st of February 2020, all UK registered vehicles being driven in the European Union – including Northern Ireland registered vehicles driven in the Irish Republic – will have to display a full GB sticker …

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Northern Ireland: Court of Appeal rule that holiday pay claims can go back to 1998

Following the Appeals Court decision in “Chief Constable of the PSNI and another v Agnew and others”, employers across Northern Ireland are now concerned about huge potential back pay bills stretching retrospectively to 1998 …

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United Kingdom: Gender pay gap

It is a little noticed phenomenon – except by FedEE statisticians – that unequal pay in favour of women has already arrived in the UK …

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Northern Ireland: Employment law – what’s on a new minister’s desk?

Although the Employment Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 was passed by the Assembly, it was never brought into force …

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United Kingdom: Termination payments

Employers should not let concerns about Brexit cloud their attention about other future challenges on the horizon …

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Northern Ireland: Employment tribunal claimants now required to consider early conciliation

Early conciliation in workplace disputes must now be considered by the Labour Relations Agency (LRA) before referral to an industrial or fair employment tribunal …

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United Kingdom: Britain’s EU citizens ‘at risk of discrimination’ after Brexit

It now seems that the UK government is determined to deny those EU nationals receiving the right to stay and work in the UK an official document or card confirming their status …

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United Kingdom: Change in treatment of termination payments

At long last the change in treatment of termination payments will take effect on April 6th 2020, after being threatened for the last two years …

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United Kingdom: What happens after the 31st of January 2020?

What happens after the 31st of January 2020? Generally, the UK exiting the European Union will have very little immediate impact because of the transition period that follows it …

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United Kingdom: Income tax rates

What many employers overlook when they look at potential operating locations in the UK is that income tax rates paid by middle income earners are significantly higher in Scotland than in other parts of the Kingdom …

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United Kingdom: US bank JPMorgan moving teams from London to Paris following Brexit

The US Bank JP Morgan Chase is the latest finance industry giant to announce a move from the UK following Brexit …

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United Kingdom: National living wage to rise by 6.2% in April 2020

With effect from April 2020, the gross “national living wage” for those aged 25 and above will increase by 6 …

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