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Pensions Regulator issues draft clearance guidance

  • Squire Sanders
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  • United Kingdom
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  • October 5 2007

10 September saw the Pensions Regulator issue draft revised guidance on clearance, clarifying which events would give rise to clearance and how the Regulator will treat mergers and acquisitions

European Commission wants to retain working time opt out

  • Howes Percival LLP
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  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • February 12 2009

The opinion of the European Commission is that the working time opt out which allows British employees to work more than an average of 48 hours per week, should be retained

Returning to the “same job” after maternity leave

  • Shepherd & Wedderburn LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • October 12 2007

In the case of Blundell v Governing Body of St Andrew’s Catholic Primary School 2007 the EAT considered the scope of an employee’s right to return from maternity leave to "the job in which she was employed before her absence" as required by Regulation 18 of the Maternity and Parental Leave Regulations 1999

No religious discrimination where Christian beliefs run counter to employer’s lawful instruction

  • Bird & Bird
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  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • January 26 2009

LB Islington v Ladele was the well-publicised case of the Christian registrar

Limited discretion for employers considering exercise of options

  • Bird & Bird
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  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • October 9 2007

The Court of Appeal in McCarthy v McCarthy and Stone PLC, has confirmed the High Court’s judgment that any discretion reserved for the employer in the exercise of options under the option plan rules must be interpreted very narrowly

Age discrimination one year on

  • Wragge & Co LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • October 12 2007

It’s a year since discrimination on the grounds of age was prohibited for employers (and pension scheme trustees) under regulations which came into force on 1 October 2006 (and 1 December 2006

The new ACAS Code and Guidance: are you prepared?

  • Shepherd & Wedderburn LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • February 12 2009

The repeal of the statutory dispute resolution procedures and their replacement with the new ACAS Code and Guidance on 6 April 2009 is fast approaching

Consultation on changes to the financial assistance scheme (“FAS”)

  • Squire Sanders
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  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • October 5 2007

The Department for Work and Pensions (“DWP”) has released a consultation document on proposed changes to the FAS, which are being introduced to implement an extension announced in the Chancellor's recent budget statement and which provide for other changes to the operation of the scheme

Extension of probationary period must be made within the probationary period

  • Shepherd & Wedderburn LLP
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  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • October 12 2007

The EAT, in Przybylska v Modus Telecom Ltd, has found that an employer cannot imply a contractual term to extend a probationary period in order to carry out a performance review

Harsher penalties for health and safety offences

  • Cobbetts LLP
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  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • February 11 2009

The Health and Safety Offences Act 2008 came into force on 16 January 2009