No bonus payable under PILON where contract terminated before due date *

United Kingdom - June 3 2011
In Locke v Candy & Candy Ltd the Court of Appeal considered whether a bonus payments are due as part of an employee's pay in lieu of notice (PILON).

Co-authors: Elizabeth Lang.

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Taxation of termination payments and P45 *

United Kingdom - June 3 2011
Whilst there will not be any changes to the tax treatment of termination payments, the way that such payments are treated for PAYE purposes has changed.

Co-authors: Elizabeth Lang.

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Paternity leave *

United Kingdom - June 3 2011
The Additional Paternity Leave Regulations 2010 (the APL Regulations) came into force on 6 April 2011 to regulate the exercise of the right which will apply to parents of a baby due on or after 3 April 2011 and to adoptive parents who are notified that they have been matched with a child on or after that date.

Co-authors: Elizabeth Lang.

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Employer vicariously liable for loss caused by employee's theft *

United Kingdom - June 3 2011
In Brink's Global Services Inc and others v Igrox the Court of Appeal held that an employer was liable for loss caused by the theft of a third party's goods by one of its employees.

Co-authors: Elizabeth Lang.

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Agency worker was not employee despite his integration into client's business *

United Kingdom - June 3 2011
In Tilson v Alstom Transport the Court of Appeal upheld the EAT's decision that an agency worker was not employed by the end user of his services, despite the control that the end user exercised over his work.

Co-authors: Elizabeth Lang.

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