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  • The New Employment Bill

    Royaume-Uni 26/11/2001
    The new Employment Bill was announced by Patricia Hewitt , Secretary of State for Trade and Industry on 8 November. Two main areas of change were heralded by the DTI's press release. First, that the Bill...
  • Recovery of VAT on costs reimbursed to employees

    Royaume-Uni 23/11/2001
    The European Court of Justice has handed down an important judgment concerning the extent to which an employer is entitled to recover as input tax VAT on staff paid costs reimbursed by his employer. The...
  • Discrimination update: fixed term employees and Shillcock

    Royaume-Uni 14/11/2001
    You may recall from an earlier update that in the Government's view the EC Directive on fixed term workers (due to be implemented in the UK by 10 July 2002) does not apply to pay and pensions. However,...
  • New taskforce to advise on reform of employment tribunals system

    Royaume-Uni 06/11/2001
    The Government has set up a new taskforce (the Employment Tribunal System Taskforce), to advise on implementation of reform to the employment tribunal system. The taskforce will consider the operational...
  • Pensions and TUPE transfers

    Royaume-Uni 31/10/2001
    The High Court case of Hagen v ICI Chemicals (19 October) may sound a note of caution to employers when they are deciding what to tell employees about pensions on a TUPE transfer. Based on the preliminary...
  • EAT Consider timing of TUPE transfer

    Royaume-Uni 24/10/2001
    Employers contemplating TUPE transfers over a period of time should proceed with caution. The recent judgment in the EAT case of Celtec Limited -v- Astley and others examines when a TUPE transfer is deemed...
  • Sex discrimination cases harder to defend

    Royaume-Uni 04/10/2001
    Sex discrimination cases will be harder to defend when the Sex Discrimination (Indirect Discrimination and Burden of Proof) Regulations 2001 come into force on 12th October. The new regulations make claims...
  • New EAT TUPE case examines ETO defence

    Royaume-Uni 20/09/2001
    The recent EAT decision in Thompson v SCS Consulting Limited & Others deals with a vitally important issue which is to be specifically addressed in the new TUPE regulations. The particular issue is...
  • New guidance on sexual harassment from the EOC

    Royaume-Uni 17/09/2001
    On 29 August 2001 the Equal Opportunities Commission issued new guidance on the elimination of sexual harassment as part of a package of measures. The package includes a Good Practice Guide for Employers...
  • TUPE consultation paper finally published

    Royaume-Uni 17/09/2001
    On Monday 10th September the Government finally published its long awaited consultation paper on the new TUPE regulations. The changes implement the 1998 revised Acquired Rights Directive and are intended...