ArticleMPs Call For Smaller Companies To Report Gender Pay GapA recent report by the Business Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee (BEIS) has called for gender pay gap reporting requirements to be extended to smaller companies.United KingdomEmployment and HRDentons
ArticleNew Report Highlights The Impact Of Menopause On Working WomenA new report, commissioned by Health & Her, has highlighted the impact of menopause on women aged between 50 and 64. United KingdomEmployment and HRDentons
ArticleNHS Accused Of Ethnic Discrimination Following Senior Doctors' Pay GapRecent research published by the British Medical Journal suggests that senior doctors from black or minority ethnic (‘BME') backgrounds earn approximately 4.9% (or £5,000) less in mean basic pay than their colleagues from a white ethnic background within the NHS.United KingdomEmployment and HRDentons
ArticlePresidents Club ScandalAmanda Jones comments on the Presidents Club Scandal in the HuffPost. United KingdomEmployment and HRDentons
ArticlePublicise Parental Leave PoliciesA study conducted by the Liberal Democrats has revealed that only 4 UK government departments display their parental leave and pay policies on their external websites.United KingdomEmployment and HRDentons
ArticleRoyal Mencap Society V Tomlinson-BlakeThe Court of Appeal has today handed down it's much anticipated decision in the case of Royal Mencap Society v Tomlinson-Blake. The decision has reversed the Employment Appeal Tribunal's (EAT) ruling...United KingdomEmployment and HRDentons
ArticleSummary Dismissal – Calculating The Effective Date Of TerminationIn the recent case of Cosmeceuticals Ltd v. Parkin it was held that the effective date of termination (EDT) is not moved if notice is subsequently given following an earlier summary dismissal.United KingdomEmployment and HRDentons
ArticleTaxation Of Termination Payments: Employer NIC Charges Further Delayed To April 2020Subject to any further postponements, employer NICs on termination payments over the £30,000 threshold will now become payable in April 2020.United KingdomEmployment and HRDentons
ArticleThe Good Work Plan – Follow-Up DevelopmentsFollowing our article earlier this week about the "Good Work Plan", the government has now introduced the first three statutory instruments implementing some of the changes outlined in the Plan:United KingdomEmployment and HRDentons
ArticleUpdated DBS Guidance For EmployersThe Home Office and the Disclosure and Barring Service have updated their guidance for employers on requesting DBS checks for potential employees. United KingdomEmployment and HRDentons
ArticleVento Bands Increase AnnouncedThe Presidents of the Employment Tribunals in England & Wales and Scotland have issued new guidance updating the bands of awards for "injury to feelings" ...United KingdomEmployment and HRDentons
Article‘Manifestly Inadequate' Statutory Sick Pay In The UKA report by the European Committee of Social Rights (ECSR) has concluded that the level of Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) in the UK is "manifestly inadequate". United KingdomEmployment and HRDentons
ArticleGreen Finance In LuxembourgLuxembourg is the first country in the world to implement a law on green covered bonds (lettres de gage portant sur les énergies renouveables).United KingdomFinance and BankingDentons
ArticleSMCR Optimisation And Final RulesThe Senior Managers and Certification Regime (SMCR), which was introduced in 2016 to increase the accountability of individuals working in the banking sectorUnited KingdomFinance and BankingDentons
ArticleBrexit Work Permit Crisis Set To Be The New NormalScotland (and the whole of the UK) is facing a labour and skills crisis, as Britain's work permit system was simply not designed to cope with the impact Brexit is already having on the labour market.United KingdomImmigrationDentons
ArticleHome Office Publishes Details Of Settlement Scheme For EU Citizens:EU citizens will be able to apply for settled status in 3 easy steps for less than the price of a passport, under plans outlined by the Immigration Minister today. United KingdomImmigrationDentons
ArticleNew Entrepreneurial Visa Route Announced This new route will replace the entrepreneur visa route which is currently open exclusively to graduates.United KingdomImmigrationDentons
ArticleData Breach – Employers Vicariously LiableThe Court of Appeal has ruled that Morrisons is liable for a data breach which saw thousands of its employees' details posted online by a disgruntled ex-employee, Mr SkeltonUnited KingdomPrivacyDentons
ArticleA Reasoned ApproachThis was one of several recent cases which have dealt with, and have generated some uncertainty about, the duty to give reasons. Ralph Kellas examines a local planning authority's duty...United KingdomReal Estate and ConstructionDentons
ArticleUnpicking Intention - S Franses Ltd -v- The Cavendish Hotel (London)This is an important case because it adds further commentary on the nature of the intention a landlord requires to meet the requirements necessary to oppose the grant of a new business tenancy under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954. United KingdomReal Estate and ConstructionDentons