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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