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Superannuation Bill

Shepherd & Wedderburn LLP
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United Kingdom
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October 14 2010

The Superannuation Bill, which aims to reduce the maximum redundancy payment available to civil servants under the Civil Service Compensation Scheme, has now passed its Report Stage and Third Reading

Council plans to make smokers clock in and out

Shepherd & Wedderburn LLP
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United Kingdom
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October 14 2010

Workers at Breckland Council in Norfolk may soon have to clock in and out using flexi-time cards each time they go for a cigarette break

New ACAS TUC mediation guide

Shepherd & Wedderburn LLP
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United Kingdom
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October 14 2010

ACAS and the TUC have launched a new guide on mediation for trade union representatives

TUPE update

Shepherd & Wedderburn LLP
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United Kingdom
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October 14 2010

In this update on recent cases dealing with issues arising under the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 (TUPE), we report on an EAT decision on what amounts to "measures", requiring information and consultation of employees and a decision that a temporary cessation of activities did not prevent a TUPE transfer

Office gossip can amount to sex discrimination and harassment

Shepherd & Wedderburn LLP
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United Kingdom
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October 14 2010

In Nixon v Ross Coates Solicitors the EAT held that gossip about an employee's pregnancy can amount to pregnancy discrimination and sex harassment

Redundancy during maternity leave: question of "suitable alternative vacancy" to be determined by employer

Shepherd & Wedderburn LLP
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United Kingdom
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October 14 2010

In the recent case of Simpson v Endsleigh Insurance Services Ltd, the EAT has confirmed that, in the context of a redundancy situation, whether a particular alternative vacancy is suitable for a woman on maternity leave is a question to be determined objectively by the employer, having regard for the employee's personal circumstances

Equality Act in force today

Shepherd & Wedderburn LLP
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United Kingdom
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October 1 2010

The main provisions of the Equality Act 2010 come into force today, 1 October 2010

Dismissal decision taken in the absence of employees was fair

Shepherd & Wedderburn LLP
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United Kingdom
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September 10 2010

In Bashir v Sheffield Teaching Hospital NHS Trust, the EAT has held that the claimants' dismissal was fair, notwithstanding that the decision to dismiss had been taken in their absence

ECJ confirms that part payment of salary in vouchers is a taxable for VAT purposes

Shepherd & Wedderburn LLP
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European Union, United Kingdom
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September 10 2010

In its judgment in the case of Astra Zeneca UK Limited v HRMC, the European Court of Justice has followed the Advocate General's opinion that part payment of salary to employees in the form of vouchers is a taxable supply for VAT purposes

Meaning of "occupied premises" for purposes of car pool tax exemption

Shepherd & Wedderburn LLP
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United Kingdom
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September 10 2010

Providing a company car to an employee is treated as a taxable benefit but there is an exemption to the general rule where the car provided by the employer is used as a "pool car"