Employment Notes
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UK: New legislative proposals and guidance on minimum/living wage, apprenticeships consultation, employee travel expenses, recruitment and induction
The government has announced plans to increase the penalties for failing to pay the national minimum wage and national living wage (being introduced in …
UK: Summer consultations - minimum wage, posted workers, apprenticeships, tribunal fees
The Low Pay Commission is consulting until 25 September seeking views on the government’s proposed changes to the national minimum wage and the …
Thailand: Minimum wage rate set to change for 2016
The Permanent Secretary of the Labour Ministry announced in early June that Thailand’s nationally set daily minimum wage, currently set at 300 Baht …
UK: Summer Budget 2015 - points for employers
The Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday handed down his second Budget of 2015, summarised in our HSF tax briefing here. Points of interest from …
UK: Zero hours and national minimum wage changes in force 26 May
Two employment provisions of the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 came into force on 26 May 2015: The ban on exclusivity clauses in …
Germany: Need for review of terms with subcontractors and service providers in light of potential minimum wage liability
As of January 2015, a statutory minimum wage has been implemented in Germany. According to the new German legislation, companies can also be liable for …
UK: Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 - mandatory gender pay gap reports and zero hours contracts
The Small Business Enterprise and Employment Bill also received Royal Assent on 26 March, though commencement orders will be needed to bring the …
UK: Legislative changes October 2015 - tribunal recommendations and NMW
The Deregulation Act 2015, given Royal Assent on 26 March, removes the current power of employment tribunals to make wider recommendations for the …
Hong Kong: Second minimum wage increase
On 16 January 2015, the Chief Executive in Council gazetted a legal notice to increase the statutory minimum wage in Hong Kong for the second time. Hong …
UK: Remuneration - deduction of training costs from final salary payment on termination could lead to breach of national minimum wage regulations
Deductions from a final salary payment to repay training costs can only be ignored when calculating whether the employee has received the national …
Germany: Statutory minimum wage introduced
The German government has implemented for the first time a general statutory minimum wage, in force from 1 January 2015. Generally, all employees working …
UK: Key employment law changes in force 1 October 2014
Employment tribunals now have the power to order an employer who has breached equal pay law to carry out an equal pay audit and publish the audit on …
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