Recent news

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

United Kingdom: Future imperfect

Certain proof that Brexit is having a uniquely damaging effect on the UK economy comes from the latest OECD figures that predict economic cycles …

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United Kingdom: The impact of Brexit

Yet more evidence has emerged in the last week about the impact of Brexit on the UK economy …

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United Kingdom: Regulations on top executive pay

It is now clear that the UK government is quietly dropping many of its proposals to further regulate top executive pay in publicly quoted companies …

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United Kingdom: Regular voluntary overtime counts for holiday pay

The UK Employment Appeals Tribunal (EAT) has ruled that regular voluntary overtime should be included when calculating holiday pay …

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United Kingdom: Costly fraud

Companies operating in the European Union with suppliers in the UK should take note of a common fraudulent practice involving VAT charges …

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United Kingdom: The impact of Brexit

It is a little too early to be certain about what impact Brexit is likely to have on the UK economy …

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United Kingdom: New controls on corporate crime

From the end of September 2017, businesses in the UK could easily become liable for a criminal offence if their staff or other associated persons facilitate tax evasion, even if senior management is not involved or aware what is taking place …

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United Kingdom: Voluntary overtime and holiday pay

The UK Employment Appeals Tribunal (EAT) has ruled that regular voluntary overtime should be included when calculating holiday pay …

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United Kingdom: Supreme Court rules employment tribunal fees unlawful

Current employment tribunal fees in respect to discrimination claims have been found, in themselves, to be indirectly discriminatory by the UK Supreme Court …

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United Kingdom: Domicile status

The territorial scope of UK Law in respect to unfair dismissal has already been well tested under the Serco (2006) and Ravat (2012) cases …

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United Kingdom: State pension age

The government has announced that the state pension age will rise to age 68 seven years earlier than previously expected …

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United Kingdom: Taylor Review to recommend ‘dependent contractor’ status

The Taylor Review into modern working practices – that was commissioned by the UK Department for Business, Industrial Strategy and Employment – has come up with the recommendation for introducing a new category of “dependent contractor” who sits between employed and self-employed status …

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United Kingdom: Suspect labour costs

According to the Office for National Statistics hourly labour costs in the UK private sector rose by 1 …

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United Kingdom: Annual returns filling deadline extended

The deadline for filing annual returns concerning share options and other UK employment-related securities has been extended by the HMRC tax office from July 6th to August 24th …

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United Kingdom/Australia/USA: Deadline for statutory annual returns

The UK deadline for statutory annual returns to the HMRC for employee share plans is July 6th …

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