06th September 2010
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May news
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April employment law changes – what employers need to know
The emergence of Spring sees the usual raft of legislative changes to be aware of.
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Employers face unpaid VAT bill of ‘up to £500m’
A ruling from the European Court of Justice last week has thrown confusion over salary sacrifice and vouchers schemes for UK employers.
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Labour relations – hard times ahead?
Struggling with the transport disruptions forced by Eyjafjallajokull in April, some Britons stranded in Europe (see ‘What flows from Volcanoes’) were dumbfounded
to see that the French rail unions had chosen that particular week to strike, but the Economist warns that this may just be the thin end of the industrial relations wedge, particularly for state employees.
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The General Election – implications for HR
At the time of writing the UK General Election campaign is entering it’s final week with a hung parliament still seeming to be the pollster’s predicted outcome. Whilst that puts everything up for grabs in terms of what policies might actually make the statute books, we have taken a quick look at what the party manifestos say about HR issues to try and assess the likely implications.
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Legal update
Women win £millions in equal pay claim
Ex-employees may claim discretionary bonus payments
Statutory holiday entitlement can be carried forward
