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Lexis®PSL Employment weekly highlights—24 November 2016

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Published on: 24 November 2016

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This week’s edition of Employment highlights includes: (1) a report on the employment law aspects of the Autumn Statement, (2) the abolition of the tax advantages linked to shares awarded under employee shareholder status from 1 December 2016, (3) consideration of the recent report by the Trades Union Congress on the impact of Employment Tribunal fees by David Walker, employment law partner at Morton Fraser, (4) a look at discrimination against disabled people in the workplace by Fiona Martin, head of the employment team at Martin Searle Solicitors, (5) an EAT judgment on the active steps employers must taken in order to meet their legal obligations under the Working Time Regulations 1998 to allow workers to take rest breaks, (6) relevant updates from other practice areas, (7) updates to our legislation tracker, (8) dates for your diary, and (9) the latest Q&As added to Lexis®PSL Employment.

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