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Employment weekly highlights—2 June 2022

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Published on: 01 June 2022

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This week's edition of Employment weekly highlights includes: (1) plans by the Education and Skills Funding Agency to improve and simplify the apprenticeships system, (2) analysis by the team at CMS on the final rules from the Financial Conduct Authority on diversity and inclusion on company boards and executive management, (3) the government’s response to the audit and corporate governance reform consultation, (4) new advisory fuel rates for company cars published by HMRC, (5) an analysis of the Court of Appeal decision on HMRC’s discretion to collect tax prospectively and retrospectively, (6) an investigation by the Equality and Human Rights Commission into Pontins over concerns about discrimination against travellers, (7) a call for evidence from the Women and Equalities Commission on the National Disability Strategy, (8) an analysis by Joanne Moseley, professional support lawyer at Irwin Mitchell, of the likelihood of the UK implementing new rules to allow medical leave for menstruation pain, (9) the publication of trade union membership statistics for 2021, (10) analysis of an...

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