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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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The UK Government has opened consultations on four proposed reforms to the taxation of employee benefits and expenses …

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The UK government has announced plans to ban exclusivity clauses in zero-hours contracts …

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The UK’s Department for Business, Innovation & Skills has published its annual report on trade union membership …

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The UK Court of Appeal has held that employers are not under a duty to make reasonable adjustments for an employee associated with a disabled person …

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In the UK, the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (ACAS) has released new guidance with regards to transfers of undertakings, in light of the January amendments to the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 …

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In the UK, a deal has been reached between the Communication Workers Union and retail staff at O2 …

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The UK coalition government is preparing to reform pensions …

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The maximum penalty for employers in the UK who do not comply with the law on illegal working has just been doubled …

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The UK Supreme Court has confirmed that members of Limited Liability Partnerships (LLPs) are workers for the purposes of the Employment Rights Act 1996 (ERA) …

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