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20 Dec 2012
Companies with some workers in Northern Ireland could run into problems if they need to make large-scale redundancies once changes to consultation requirements come into force elsewhere in the United Kingdom, an employment law expert has warned.
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18 Dec 2012
The minimum consultation period that must take place before a company can make large-scale redundancies will be cut to 45 days from next year, the Government has announced.
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12 Dec 2012
Changes to the way that shares which are awarded under an Enterprise Management Incentive (EMI) are taxed will make offering these as part of a remuneration package more attractive, an expert has said.
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11 Dec 2012
The Government today provided further detail in relation to its proposed new "employee shareholder" status, a new form of equity-linked employment contract.
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05 Dec 2012
The Government will consider waiving income tax and national insurance contributions (NICs) on the first £2,000 in value of shares awarded to employees in return for their giving up some of their employment rights under the new "employee owner" proposals. ...
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03 Dec 2012
The relationship between an employer and an employee can be said to be "governed by a contract of employment" for the purposes of continuity once a job offer has been accepted, even if this is before the employee starts work, the Employment Appeal Tribunal...
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28 Nov 2012
Listed companies should favour simple executive pay structures, with one annual bonus and one long term incentive to reward performance, the Association of British Insurers (ABI) has said.
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23 Nov 2012
Changes to the Immigration Rules will mean that highly-skilled workers who are transferred to a company's UK operations will be allowed to stay in the UK for longer, the Government has announced.
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22 Nov 2012
The Government has pledged to "work with EU counterparts" to end mandatory quarterly corporate reports as part of a package of measures to reduce the "culture of short-termism" amongst companies on the stock markets.
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21 Nov 2012
Reducing the annual allowance on tax incentivised pension saving for high earners so soon after the last round of cuts could be "counterproductive", a pensions expert has warned.
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