Understanding pay, benefits, and tax is vital for legal professionals advising on employment matters. This topic covers the intricacies of compensation structures, statutory entitlements, and tax implications.
This edition of Employment weekly highlights includes: (1) an analysis by Andrew Osborne, Stephen O’Flaherty and Pip Hague of Lewis Silkin on the...
Immigration analysis: The Home Office has published updated sponsor guidance which expands the scope of right to work checks expected of work route...
Law360: A housing provider has lost its application to strike out claims from unionised workers over a blog post from its CEO offering a pay raise to...
Employment analysis: In McMahon v AXA ICAS, the Court of Session (CSIH) held that payments due under a permanent health insurance (PHI) scheme can...
The government has published proposed new benefit and pension rates for 2024 to 2025 including in respect of Statutory Maternity Pay (SMP), Statutory...
ET1 grounds of claim—indirect sex discrimination[Insert in para 8.2 of claim form ET1:]1The Claimant is a woman and the Respondent is [enter details,...
Waiver of noticeEmployers and employees can waive their right to be given notice when their employment relationship comes to an end.Waiving...
Constructive dismissaldismissal of an employee by their employer will typically be at the instigation of the employer. In other words, the employer...
What is the difference between an appeal and a review?What is an appeal?An appeal in insolvency proceedings is no different to an appeal in normal litigation. An appeal will be allowed only if the appeal court is satisfied that the decision of the lower court was 'wrong' or 'unjust because of a
If a rentcharge is shown as being informally exonerated on title information, does this apply to the current registered owner? Or does the informal exoneration only apply to the parties to the document which informally exonerated the rentcharge?This Q&A considers the situation where, at some
If a beneficiary signs a deed of disclaimer of their share of an estate and the estate pays their legal fees, will that count as a PET against their estate?A disclaimer is the refusal of a gift prior to acceptance. The refusal of the gift must take place before the beneficiary accepts any benefit
Contributory negligence in personal injury claimsContributory negligence is a partial defence which can lead to a discount in damages.Other defences may also be relevant. See Practice Notes: Did the claimant consent to the risk of injury? and Was the claimant involved in an illegal activity?If a
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