Recent news
Latest items of recent news relevant to United Kingdom as reported in our fortnightly newswire ‘Dernières nouvelles’.
United Kingdom: Tax exemption for trivial benefits in kind deferred
The UK Government has decided to defer a number of measures that were announced in the Finance Bill 2015 …
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United Kingdom: Turban wearers exempted from rules on safety helmet
The law in the UK has been amended to exempt turban wearers from the requirement to wear safety helmets in almost all workplaces …
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United Kingdom: Guidance for employers on whistleblowing
New guidance for employers on whistleblowing has been published by the UK’s Department for Business Innovation and Skills …
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United Kingdom: Last chance to extend work permit under Tier 1
Employers in the UK should be aware that applications to extend leave under the Tier 1 (General) category of migrant worker will no longer be accepted after April 6th 2015 …
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United Kingdom: Employment tax measures announced
It was revealed in the UK Budget 2015 that employer national insurance contributions will be abolished for employees under the age of 21 in April 2015, and for young apprentices in April 2016 …
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United Kingdom: What constitutes a reasonable disciplinary investigation?
The UK Court of Appeal has held that an employer does not have to investigate every argument of defence presented by an employee in order for a disciplinary investigation to be considered reasonable …
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United Kingdom: Large companies to be required to publish gender pay information
The UK government has announced that businesses with more than 250 employees will soon be legally required to publicly reveal the difference in the average pay of its male and female employees …
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United Kingdom: Enforced subject access requests are now a crime
It is now a criminal offence for an employer in the UK to require potential or existing employees to provide a copy of their criminal record through an enforced subject access request under the UK Data Protection Act …
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United Kingdom: Recommendation to increase minimum wage
The Low Pay Commission has recommended that the UK statutory minimum wage for adults should increase by 20 pence to 6 …
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United Kingdom: Heavy penalties for corporate manslaughter
A UK company recently faced severe penalties after a worker died as a result of falling from a height of 7 …
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United Kingdom: First UK decision on obesity as a disability
The principles established by the European Court of Justice (ECJ) in last year’s obesity discrimination case were recently applied for the first time in the UK …
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United Kingdom: Statutory compensation rate change
From April 6th 2015 there will be new statutory compensation rates in the UK …
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United Kingdom: First employment tribunal case on e-cigarettes
A recent case which went before the UK Employment Tribunal has emphasised the importance of including provisions on electronic cigarettes in workplace smoking policies …
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United Kingdom: Putting older employees at a disadvantage found to be objectively justified
An employer’s demand that its employees agree to new terms and conditions of employment or be dismissed was held not to be unjustified indirect discrimination in a recent case heard by the UK’s Employment Appeals Tribunal (EAT) …
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United Kingdom: Rates of compensation agreed in settlements
A recent report by the UK Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (ACAS) has revealed the average amount of monetary compensation agreed to in ACAS-mediated settlements for different types of claim …
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