Lords Reject “Rights for Shares” by Increased Majority With an majority that’s grown by 15 – from 54 on 20 March, to 69 votes on 22 April 2013 – the government have once again lost a crucial vote in the House of Lords, their new status of “Employee Shareholder” (or “employment rights for shares”) defeated […]
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Post created on: April 22nd, 2013
Government Majority of 38 Reinstates “Employee Shareholders” With very little coverage in today’s media[1] (only the BBC appearing to include a mention of the vote, and then only in its Democracy Live pages), MPs yesterday voted to reinstate clause 27 of the Growth and Infrastructure Bill – “rights for shares”, or a new status of […]
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Post created on: April 17th, 2013
House of Lords rejects Shares for Rights On the same day the Chancellor of the Exchequer used his budget statement to announce that his “Employee Shareholders” – a new status of employee that will give staff a stake in their employer’s business – that the first £2,000 of share value that anyone receives under the […]
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Post created on: March 20th, 2013
Fraser Preferred to Larner When Opportunity for Leave Existed On behalf of Hair Division Ltd, Employment Law Clinic successfully argued that Fraser should be preferred to Larner where the worker had the “opportunity” to take leave during the leave year, even if they had not exercised this right before going on sick leave at the end of […]
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Post created on: November 7th, 2012
Government Launches Consultation on “Employee Owner” Status The Government has now published its consultation for the implementation of “Employee Owner Status” employees, a change to employment law that will allow employees to give up some rights in exchange for shares valued between £2,000 & £50,000. The consultation is only open for three weeks – the deadline […]
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Post created on: October 19th, 2012
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