Chancellor Proposes New Legislation for Employee Shareholders (but not with Employee Rights) In his speech to the Conservative Party Conference today, Chancellor George Osborne announced a new type of employment contract: for thirty bags of silver (or shares of £2,000 – £50,000 that will be exempt from Capital Gains Tax) employees will be able […]
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Post created on: October 8th, 2012
Tesco Could be Fined £200,000 after Employing Workers in Breach of Visa Conditions Tesco faces a fine of up £200,000 – made up of a civil penalty of £10,000 for each employee working illegally– after the UK Border Agency arrested 20 of its staff who were working illegally by exceeding the hours they were entitled […]
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Post created on: August 21st, 2012
Enforcing Employment Law Rights to Cost The Government have announced that they will introduce fee for claims in employment tribunals & employment appeal tribunals. The fees are due to be introduced in the summer of 2013, and these will come in two forms, and at two levels: an issue fee – £160 for “Level 1”, […]
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Post created on: July 17th, 2012
In a ruling today, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) confirmed what was already widely believed to be the case: if a worker falls ill during a period of annual leave, they can elect to take leave (for those days they are unable to enjoy relaxation and leisure) at another time; this would apply even […]
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Post created on: June 21st, 2012
While the final version of Adrian Beecroft’s views on employment law reform has dominated the news headlines this week, the Business Secretary Vince Cable laid a new bill before Parliament yesterday – the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill. The bill covers a range of issues, but within Part 2 & Schedule 2 presents proposed amendments […]
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Post created on: May 24th, 2012
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