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UK: Rethink on Boardroom Pay
The National Association of Pension Funds and Hermes Equity Ownership Services have called for a major rethink on executive pay and its alignment with …
Hong Kong: The year of dragon - key employment cases to note
The year of the dragon was relatively prosperous for employment law[yers] with three high profile employment case decisions (almost unheard of in Hong …
UK: Taxation of claw-backs - Tribunal allows an employee to use a repaid bonus to reduce his income tax liability; opportunity for companies to operate claw-back on a tax efficient basis
Taxation of claw-backs: Tribunal allows an employee to use a repaid bonus to reduce his income tax liability; opportunity for companies to operate …
UK: Children and Families Bill
On 4 February 2013 the Government published the Children and Families Bill which will introduce the new shared parental leave regime and the …
Spain: Collective dismissals based on objective grounds
Evidence of the cause for dismissal, compliance with information or documentation obligations The High Labour Court of Madrid rendered two decisions, on …
UK: Non-executive directors – new ICSA guidance on care, skill and diligence
The Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators has issued new guidance on the liability of non-executive directors in the context of the …
France: New rights to workers and greater flexibility to employers
After several months of negotiations between the French social partners, employers' associations and employee trade unions, a national inter-professional …
UK: New consultations on (i) proposals to amend TUPE (ii) early conciliation of claims; new occupational health proposals
The Government yesterday published two new consultations on proposed reforms to employment law. The first includes very significant proposed changes …
China: Labour dispatch services will provide less flexibility from 1 July 2013
From 1 July 2013, the use of labour dispatch services will likely be a less attractive means of maintaining a more flexible workforce. Companies taking …
UK: Government confirms plans for settlement agreements and unfair dismissal compensation cap
The Government has today published its response to its 'Ending the employment relationship' consultation (summarised here). The …
EU gender directive passes subsidiarity test
As previously reported, on 14 November 2012 the European Commission adopted a proposal for a gender Directive which plans to introduce a 40% …
EU: Employers may need to accommodate an individual's religious belief, even if it is not held by others
The European Court of Human Rights has this morning given its judgment in the widely-reported Christian belief cases: Eweida and Chaplin (who were …
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