Iceland have been accused by HMRC of underpaying their staff by £3.5 million a year for the last 6 years....
The UK is anticipated to leave the EU on 29 March 2019 (unless the two-year notice period is extended by agreement between the UK and EU). The new EU Settlement Scheme fully opens on 30 March 2019....
The last few days of Parliament have not provided anyone with any certainty on Brexit. A key group of stakeholders of Brexit are the EU citizens in the UK and those intending to come here post-Brexit. So, what happens if there is no deal before 29 March 2019 and the UK crashes out of the EU?...
The EU Settlement Scheme is now entering its first public test phase from 21 January 2019. The scheme, which is scheduled to fully open on 30 March 2019, has undergone private testing phases with employees in the higher education, health and social care sectors....
The term ‘practical completion’ is not defined in many industry standard forms of building contract, such as the JCT, which can lead to uncertainty and disputes as to whether works are in fact practically complete. Very often therefore, project specific definitions are incorporated by amendments to the standard forms. There have been two very recent cases on the meaning of ‘practical completion’ and we now consider the key issues arising....
Lawyers say they understand the widespread disagreement over sexual harassment because the boundaries of appropriate behaviour have shifted...
New executive pay ratio reporting regulations came into force this month (in the Companies (Miscellaneous Reporting) Regulations 2018)....
In the recent case of Stefanko and others v Maritime Hotel Ltd, the Employment Appeal Tribunal held that any employee engaged for a month or more is entitled to a written statement of terms in accordance with Section 1 of the Employment Rights Act 1996....
The EU’s Data Protection pride and joy, GDPR, came in a little over seven months ago. Despite this, many workers are still not compliant and, worse still, are unaware that they are doing anything wrong. ...
On 13 December 2018, the Government laid before the Parliament the Immigration (Restrictions on Employment) (Code of Practice and Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2018 and an updated Code of practice to prevent illegal working....
The continued increases in AI and blockchain development and advances in hardware have impacted on all areas of life and industry and as we start 2019 one can only imagine what the next decade holds....
The government has published its draft Public Procurement (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 which are intended to come into force on exit day. The draft Regulations are based on the assumption that the UK will become party to the World Trade Organisation’s Government Procurement Agreement (GPA) in its own right – currently the UK is only party to the GPA in its capacity as an EU member state. ...
It has been a difficult 2018 for all of us and with increased uncertainty over what the future holds in Europe consumers seem to have tightened their belts and spent less on eating out. ...
The Immigration Health Surcharge (IHS) will double on 8 January 2019. The IHS is a charge paid by temporary migrants to the UK. This increase means that most visa applicants (from outside the EU) will now pay £400 per year up from £200 per year. Student and Youth Mobility visa applications will have to pay £300 per year up from £150 per year....
At the end of 2018 the Supreme Court considered whether advantageous treatment, that had the potential to be even more advantageous, would constitute ‘unfavourable’ treatment within the meaning of the Equality Act....
In Global Corporate Limited v Hale the Court of Appeal overturned an earlier High Court decision that dividend payments made to company director-shareholders were actually salary. ...
The recent Judgment of the High Court in Katara Hospitality (a company incorporated in Qatar) v (1) Gerard Guez and (2) Jacqueline Rose [2018] EWHC 3063 (“Katara Hospitality”) highlights the importance of ensuring the proper and valid execution of an instrument and also serves as a timely reminder of the importance of ensuring that the scope of an instrument is expressly set out if it is to be successfully relied upon....
This week, in its response to the Matthew Taylor Good Work Review, the Government has published a range of proposed changes to employment law. While the Government announced these changes as the biggest reform of employment law in 20 years, the reality is more evolution than revolution....
Uber drivers are workers, finds Court of Appeal Upholding the decision of the Employment Appeal Tribunal made in November 2017, the Court of Appeal have ruled that Uber drivers are to be classed as workers....
Today, the Government has announced that it will introduce a new statutory code of practice which places greater responsibility on employers to prevent sexual harassment in the workplace and to act robustly when sexual harassment does occur. The announcement is particularly timely in the midst of Christmas party season, in which employers liability to protect staff from sexual harassment and misconduct extends to such events, as we blogged about earlier this month....