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A survey commissioned by cyber security company, Sophos, has revealed that only 23% of employees in UK, French and German businesses believe that their company acts in full compliance with data protection laws …

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The UK’s Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service, ACAS, has published guidance designed to help UK employers manage bereavement in the workplace …

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The UK Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has held that where an employer makes a deduction from an employee’s wages as a result of an overpayment in the previous month, this must be explained in an itemised pay statement …

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According to the UK’s Office for National Statistics, there were 8 …

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Although there are 24 official languages in the EU, English was the most commonly studied foreign language at lower secondary level in 2012 …

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The UK Employment Appeal Tribunal has held that an employer may begin disciplinary proceedings against an employee before criminal proceedings relating to the same conduct are concluded …

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Bonuses are now at their highest level since before the economic crisis hit, according to the UK’S Office of National Statistics …

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From October 1st 2014, employees and agency workers in the UK will be entitled to take time off from work to attend antenatal appointments with a pregnant partner …

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The Prime Minister of the UK, David Cameron, has said he would consider giving grandparents new rights to leave from work when they care for a child whose parents have died or fallen ill …

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In the UK, 443,600 working days were lost in 2013 as a result of work stoppages arising from labour disputes, according to the Office of National Statistics …

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The UK Court of Appeal has recently held that a contractual disciplinary procedure did not give an employer the power to increase a sanction from a written warning to dismissal on appeal …

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Employers who ask employees to rely on the European Health Insurance Card (EHIC) should be aware that, since July 1st 2014, UK individuals may only reclaim from the National Health Service costs that would be covered in the country concerned …

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The UK’s Employment Appeals Tribunal (EAT) has held that an employer was entitled to make a deduction from an employee’s final salary because they did not work the notice period …

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In its latest ‘Taxation Trends in the European Union’ report, the European Commission has pointed out that labour taxes were the main source of tax revenue in 2012 in the majority of EU member states …

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In the UK, all employees with a minimum of 26 weeks’ continuous service are now entitled to request flexible working …

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