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Pensions Essential - October 2023 Pensions Essentials provides updates on pensions legislation, regulatory guidance, case law, tax changes, governance trends, and practical tips for trustees and sponsors.
Employment Bulletin - October 2023 Topics covered in this bulletin: Supreme Court: gaps of more than three months did not break series of unlawful deductions of holiday pay New right to request a predictable work pattern Payment received by employee shortly after merger was taxable in...
Pensions Bulletin - September 2023 Climate scenario analysis; investment disclosure; Pension Protection Fund 2024/25 levy; extension of auto-enrolment; Pension Protection Fund compensation; equality legislation; Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures
Employment Bulletin - September 2023 Topics covered in this bulletin: HR spotlight conference Right to participate in share incentive plan transferred under TUPE EAT guidance on assessing the date of a TUPE transfer Unilateral imposition of new contract could be a dismissal Scope of...
Pensions Bulletin - August 2023 Abolition of lifetime allowance and introduction of new tax-free cash allowances; restriction on amendment power; Pensions Regulator’s decision to issue Contribution Notice; superfunds; Pensions dashboards
Hybrid Working, where are we now? Three years on from the pandemic and one year on from our last podcast, what does hybrid working look like and are there any emerging trends? In this podcast, partners Phil Linnard and Jane Edwarde are joined by Martin Boyle (Head of Legal - Dispute...
UK Enforceability of non-compete clauses The UK Government recently announced proposals to limit the duration of non-compete clauses to three months. If implemented, the UK rules will only restrict the terms of non-compete clauses included in employment and worker contracts. They would not...
Employment Bulletin - July 2023 Topics covered in this bulletin: Court of Appeal confirms CAC jurisdiction over European Works Councils post Brexit Regulations allowing agency workers to replace workers taking industrial action ruled unlawful Injunction to enforce non-compete...
Pensions Bulletin - July 2023 Mansion House proposals; contracted-out rights made without actuarial confirmation were invalid; connection deadline for pensions dashboards; Annual Funding Statement 2023; leveraged LDI; employer distress; ESG
Employment Bulletin - June 2023 Topics covered in this bulletin: Withdrawal of check-off arrangement was breach of contract not accepted by employees New family leave rights and protections Guidance on responding to data subject access requests Horizon scanning
The next frontier: EU/UK competition law and labour markets Competition authorities are increasingly focusing their enforcement actions on labour market issues. Practices such as wage-fixing, no-poach and non-compete agreements, and the exchange of competitively sensitive information are coming under the...
Employment Bulletin - May 2023 Topics covered in this bulletin: Proposed three-month limit on non-competes and changes to TUPE and the Working Time Regulations New guidance on voluntary ethnicity pay gap reporting Non-compete covenant enforceable with words severed
Pensions Bulletin - April 2023 Our April 2023 Pensions Bulletin covers Climate risk reporting; guidance on transfers from the Pension Scams Industry Group; Lifetime allowance changes; trustee diversity; Value for Members assessments; and derivatives clearing exemption.
Employment Bulletin - April 2023 Topics covered in this bulletin: April 2023 employment rates and limits and other developments New targets for ethnic diversity on boards Employment Tribunal failed to assess whether rushed dismissal to avoid enhanced pension was age...
Changes to pensions tax allowances: an update Following the announcement of radical and far-reaching changes to pensions tax allowances in the Budget, summarised in our HR Budget Briefing, further details were set out in the recent Finance Bill.