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European Commission publishes employment and recruitment sector guide: Corporate responsibility to respect human rights
The European Commission has published guidance for the employment and recruitment sector on meeting the corporate responsibility to respect human rights …
UK Seminar: Dealing with the new regime for directors' remuneration
London | 10 July 2013 8.30am - 10.00am UK time The final Regulations implementing changes to the regime for directors' remuneration have been …
UK: Directors' Remuneration - The new regime for listed companies - our detailed summary of the new Regulations
The final form Regulations implementing changes to the regime for directors' remuneration have been published and laid before Parliament. They apply …
China: Detailed rules on labour dispatch released
New implementing rules re-enforce China's desire to limit the use of dispatched staff (ie, staff engaged via a third-party labour dispatch company …
Report: Board minimum quotas for women - Where would male gender discrimination start?
Will the increased global focus on gender diversity on corporate boards distort the merit-based appointments process and result in sex discrimination …
Spain: Residence permits in favour of foreign citizens investing in Spain
On Friday 24 May 2013, the Spanish Government approved the new Enterprise Bill, which will regulate, among other things, the obtaining of visas and …
Spain: Extension of the initial duration of collective bargaining agreements
Law 3/2012, enacted on 8 July 2012, amended article 86.3 of the Spanish Workers' Statute. According to that amendment, if one year elapses from the …
UK: Drafting error in Equality Act revealed through case law
Two EAT cases show what’s wrong with parts of the statute dealing with post-termination victimisation Prior to the introduction of the Equality Act …
UK: Failure to inform and consult - maximum award not appropriate for technical breach over election of representatives, nor where urgency due to insolvency
The EAT has reduced an award for failure to inform and consult on a TUPE transfer from seven weeks' pay to three weeks' pay, where the employer had …
UK: Unfair dismissal - employers should follow Acas Code on discipline where conduct or performance issues lead to a "SOSR" dismissal
Recent case law has highlighted risks for employers dismissing an employee for a breakdown in trust and confidence, for example where the employer is …
UK: Age discrimination - partnership mandatory retirement age of 65 lawful
Readers will be aware of the Supreme Court ruling in Seldon v Clarkson Wright & Jakes that a mandatory retirement age of 65 in a law firm partnership …
UK: Termination - final version of Acas Code on settlement agreement discussions
ACAS has published its response to consultation on a statutory Code of Practice on settlement agreements, and in particular on the new provision for …
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