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The UK’s Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (ACAS) recently published three new guides to assist employers in understanding their obligations under equality and discrimination legislation …

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A new requirement for large companies in the UK to produce a slavery and human trafficking statement every financial year is expected to come into force in October 2015 …

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According to the UK’s Office for National Statistics, bonuses accounted for 6% of total pay for the whole UK economy in the financial year ending 2015 …

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The UK Employment Appeals Tribunal (EAT) recently held that the dismissal of an employee who had made derogatory comments concerning their employment on a social media site was fair …

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As of September 1st 2015, individuals applying for entry into the UK under the Tier 1 category visa (Entrepreneurs and Investors) will need to obtain a criminal record certificate for every country they have lived in for 12 months or more in the 10 years prior to making their application …

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According to the UK’s Office for National Statistics, in the twelve months leading up to June 2015, there were 670,000 working days lost as a result of 156 labour relations stoppages …

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The UK government has launched a consultation on potential reforms to the taxation of termination payments …

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The UK Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has held that EU law does not give agency workers a right to apply for the position they have been temporarily filling …

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Drivers of vehicles registered in Denmark, Ireland and the UK currently escape many traffic speeding offences committed in the rest of the European Union …

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New research by the Equality and Human Rights Commission estimates that 54,000 new mothers in the UK could be forced out of their jobs every year as a result of maternity discrimination …

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The Swedish multinational company IKEA will become the first national retailer in the UK to pay its workers the ‘living wage’ as recommended by the Living Wage Foundation …

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An employee’s right to carry over annual leave where it remains untaken as a result of long-term sickness absence is not an unlimited right, according to the UK Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) …

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The UK government has published a consultation paper seeking views on the new gender pay regulations …

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Plans to introduce a compulsory national living wage have been announced by the UK Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne …

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It has recently come to light in the UK that a recruitment company has been promoting a scheme that it claims allows employers to avoid their entire liability to pay employer National Insurance contributions (NICs) …

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