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The UK Government is consulting with employers, trade unions and legal representatives on the issue of zero-hour employment contracts …

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The provisional results of the Office of National Statistic’s Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings show a widening in the gender pay gap in the UK …

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The UK government has now published its response to consultation regarding the proposal for shared parental leave, which will come into force in April 2015 …

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On December 9th, after a year of negotiations, the UK’s Royal Mail reached a pay agreement with the Communications Workers Union (CWU) …

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In its 2013 Autumn Statement, the UK government announced its intention to remove the obligation on employers to pay national insurance contributions for the earnings of employees under the age of 21 (up to the upper earnings limit) …

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The UK Court of Appeal has clarified the circumstances in which the purchaser of a business may be liable for dismissals which took place before the transfer of undertakings …

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The UK government has commissioned an inquiry into trade union tactics following a dispute at the Grangemouth refinery in Scotland …

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The UK’s Revenue and Customs service (HMRC) is cracking down on businesses employing unpaid interns …

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The UK government has proposed a new type of pension scheme known as a “defined ambition” pension scheme …

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The British Labour party has announced that if they win the next general election they will give companies tax rebates amounting to an average £445 per year for each worker whose salary is increased to the so-called “living wage” …

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A UK employer has recently been held liable by the Court of Appeal for failing to make guarantee payments to employees who had agreed to a decreased working time schedule …

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The UK Court of Appeal has released its judgment in the case of Coppage v Safety Net Services, stating that a clause preventing the former employee from soliciting any of the former employer’s business customers for six months after termination of the employment relationship was permissible …

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The UK Employment Appeals Tribunal has held that the provision of private medical treatment can come within the scope of “reasonable adjustments” that should be made by an employer to ensure a disabled employee is not at a disadvantage in the workplace …

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The UK health and safety claim procedure has been revised with the effect that employees can now only bring claims against their employer for specific breaches of health and safety legislation …

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Since October 1st, UK businesses no longer have to obtain the approval of the Health and Safety Executive in respect of their first-aid training and qualification provisions …

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