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On 21 March 2011 the Code Committee of the Takeover Panel (the Code Committee) published a consultation paper (the Paper) on its proposed amendments to the Takeover Code
In March 2011, one month before the process of phasing out the default retirement age (DRA) began, Freshfields conducted a survey on the impact of the new legislation among 76 Human Resources (HR) directors, heads of HR and senior HR professionals at the UK’s top 500 companies by turnover
In Oti-Obihara (appellant) v Commissioners for HM Revenue and Customs 2010 UKFTT 568 (TC), Edward Sadler (Tribunal Judge) in the First-tier Tribunal (Tax Chamber) held that compensation paid to a former employee, following allegations of discrimination, was subject to income tax only if it was compensation for financial loss arising from the termination of employment
The EAT has ruled that a woman who claimed she was granted fewer share options than a male colleague under a discretionary share option plan was not protected by equal pay legislation and must bring her claim under sex discrimination legislation
The government has published the final version of its guidance about the procedures which commercial organisations can put in place to prevent their associates from contravening the Bribery Act 2010 (the Bribery Act
