Category: remuneration

Sainsbury’s faces equal pay battle with female shop floor workers – The Guardian

Posted July 10th, 2015 in class actions, employment, employment tribunals, equality, news, remuneration, sex discrimination, women by tracey

‘Sainsbury’s is facing legal action from four female shopfloor workers who claim they are paid less than men to do equally valuable jobs at the supermarket chain.
The case, which will be the subject of a preliminary hearing at a Birmingham employment tribunal on Friday, comes as a similar legal action involving 6,000 female Asda employees remains to be settled.’

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The Guardian, 9th July 2015

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

New UK immigration rules: will you be affected? – The Guardian

Posted June 25th, 2015 in employment, immigration, news, nurses, remuneration by sally

‘Migrants who have spent more than five years working in the country will be required to earn £35,000 per year or else face deportation, according to a policy that comes into effect in April next year. The policy, announced in 2012 by British Home Secretary Theresa May, has been criticised this week by the Royal College of Nursing. They predicted chaos in the health service, and urged the Home Office to add nursing to the list of occupations exempt from the rules and reconsider the salary threshold.’
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The Guardian, 24th June 2015

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New immigration rules will cost the NHS millions, warns nursing union – The Guardian

Posted June 22nd, 2015 in deportation, hospitals, immigration, news, nurses, remuneration, statistics by tracey

‘New immigration rules that will mean lower-earning non-EU workers being deported will exacerbate the shortage of nurses in the UK and cost the NHS tens of millions in recruitment, the government has been warned by nursing leaders.’

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The Guardian, 22nd June 2015

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Decision on striking workers’ pay could make action less attractive, says expert, as Queen’s speech confirms new ballot rules – Out-Law.com

Posted June 1st, 2015 in appeals, apportionment, ballots, contract of employment, industrial action, news, remuneration, teachers, trade unions by michael

‘Employers may be entitled to deduct a day’s pay for strike action at the rate of 1/260th of the striking worker’s salary depending on contractual terms, the Court of Appeal has confirmed.’

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Out-Law.com, 28th May 2015

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Hartley and others v King Edward VI College – WLR Daily

Posted May 21st, 2015 in apportionment, contract of employment, industrial action, law reports, remuneration, teachers by sally

Hartley and others v King Edward VI College [2015] EWCA Civ 455; [2015] WLR (D) 216

‘Section 2 of the Apportionment Act 1870 applied to teachers’ contracts of employment, requiring that apportionment of pay be considered as accruing from day to day; but it was an error to construe the provision as though it also contained a principle of equal daily accrual.’

WLR Daily, 14th May 2015

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

SS (Congo) and others v Secretary of State for the Home Department – WLR Daily

Posted May 11th, 2015 in families, human rights, immigration, law reports, ministers' powers and duties, proportionality, remuneration by sally

SS (Congo) and others v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2015] EWCA Civ 387; [2015] WLR (D) 199

‘Where an application was made by a person for leave to enter the United Kingdom to join a spouse or family member who was a British citizen or refugee already residing there, but the application did not meet the minimum income or evidence of income requirements under the Immigration Rules for an application for leave to enter, compelling circumstances had to be shown to exist to justify the granting by the Secretary of State under her residual discretion of leave to enter outside the Immigration Rules on the grounds that refusal of entry would disproportionately interfere with the applicant’s article 8 Convention right to respect for family life.’

WLR Daily, 23rd April 2015

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

‘Unfair’ dismissal of full-time mayor from role at a school could be justified, says EAT – OUT-LAW.com

Posted April 17th, 2015 in employment, local government, news, remuneration, transfer of undertakings, unfair dismissal by sally

‘A former member of staff at a school in Merseyside was not entitled to compensation when he was dismissed from his role, as his full-time work as the elected mayor of Liverpool was incompatible with him continuing as an employee, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has ruled.’

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OUT-LAW.com, 17th April 2015

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Academy terminating prior arrangement – Education Law Blog

Posted April 17th, 2015 in employment, local government, news, remuneration, transfer of undertakings, unfair dismissal by sally

‘In Anderson v Chesterfield High School UKEAT/0206/14/MC, Mr Anderson is currently the elected Mayor of Liverpool. This is an executive post and regarded as full-time. The position carries with it an annual allowance of almost £80,000. He had previously held positions as Councillor of Liverpool City Council, the Leader of the opposition on the Council and ultimately at the time of his election as Mayor, Leader of the Council, which was in effect a full-time post with an annual allowance of approximately £50,000.’

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Education Law Blog, 16th April 2015

Source: www.education11kbw.com

Paralegals could damage solicitor ‘brand’ – survey – Law Society’s Gazette

Posted April 1st, 2015 in legal education, legal profession, news, paralegals, remuneration, solicitors, statistics by sally

‘Paralegals who qualify as solicitors without completing a formal training contract could damage the solicitor ‘brand’, according to a survey by Leeds Law Society.’

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Law Society’s Gazette, 31st March 2015

Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk

Grayling JR amendment ‘unlawful’ – High Court – Law Society’s Gazette

Posted March 4th, 2015 in costs, judicial review, legal aid, news, regulations, remuneration by sally

‘Regulations that would have limited access to judicial review are unlawful, the High Court ruled today.’

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Law Society’s Gazette, 3rd March 2015

Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk

Marriage tax allowance: how does it work? – The Guardian

Posted February 23rd, 2015 in civil partnerships, income tax, married persons, news, remuneration, taxation by sally

‘Registration has opened for the new marriage tax allowance – a Conservative policy which will allow some couples to share part of their annual income tax allowance.’

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The Guardian, 20th February 2015

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Two-thirds of judges feel their six-figure salary is too low – The Independent

Posted February 12th, 2015 in judges, judiciary, news, remuneration by sally

‘Hundreds of judges have said they are considering taking early retirement because they are not paid enough and feel undervalued after a series of Government budget cuts to the legal system, according to a survey of attitudes within the judiciary.’

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The Independent, 11th February 2015

Source: www.independent.co.uk

Related link: UK Judicial Attitude Survey (PDF)

Allard and others v Chief Constable of Devon and Cornwall Constabulary – WLR Daily

Posted February 11th, 2015 in appeals, informers, law reports, police, remuneration, telecommunications, working time by sally

Allard and others v Chief Constable of Devon and Cornwall Constabulary [2015] EWCA Civ 42; [2015] WLR (D) 45

‘Police officers acting as handlers to informers, and responding to an automated out of hours telephone system, where contact was required between a handler and an informer, were entitled to overtime pay.’

WLR Daily, 3rd February 2015

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

Lostprophets’ paedophile Ian Watkins will not get £150k pay-out – BBC News

Posted January 13th, 2015 in news, prisons, remuneration, winding up by sally

‘Paedophile Ian Watkins will not receive a £150,000 pay-out after a Lostprophets’ management company was dissolved, the BBC understands.’

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BBC News, 13th January 2015

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Carrying over annual leave and back-pay: Sash Window Workshop Ltd v King – Cloisters

Posted December 11th, 2014 in appeals, compensation, employment tribunals, holiday pay, news, remuneration, working time by sally

‘In Sash Window Workshop v King theEmployment Appeal Tribunal returned to two of the central controversies in recent holiday pay case-law. Firstly the right to carry annual leave entitlement over from one leave year to the next. Secondly the right to claim back pay for untaken leave in historic leave years, particularly upon the termination of employment.’

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Cloisters, 7th December 2014

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Bankers’ bonus cap: UK to get signal in battle with EU – BBC News

Posted November 20th, 2014 in banking, EC law, news, remuneration by tracey

‘The UK government is due to receive an indication on whether its battle to overturn an EU law on bankers’ pay is likely to succeed. A legal adviser at the European Court of Justice will give his opinion of the government’s objections to the law.’

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BBC news, 19th November 2014

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Holiday pay: What about back pay? – Cloisters

Posted November 18th, 2014 in appeals, employment, employment tribunals, holiday pay, news, remuneration by sally

‘Ahead of this week’s EAT judgment in Bear Scotland Ltd v Fulton and Baxter, Hertel (UK) Ltd v Wood and others and Amec Group Limited v Law and others, employers feared the prospect of crippling retrospective pay claims dating back up to 16 years.’

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Cloisters, 7th November 2014

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Holiday pay – life after the EAT judgment – Halsbury’s Law Exchange

Posted November 17th, 2014 in appeals, employment tribunals, holiday pay, news, remuneration, time limits, working time by sally

‘Last week, amid much media excitement, the Employment Appeal Tribunal handed down its judgment in the conjoined cases of Bear Scotland v Fulton, Amec v Law & Hertel v Woods. All three cases were appealing against the decisions of employment tribunals who determined that the calculating “normal remuneration” for holiday pay purposes should include overtime even if the overtime is not guaranteed.’

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Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 14th November 2014

Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk

GP jailed for dodging £185,000 in tax claimed he ‘wasn’t good with numbers’ – Daily Telegraph

Posted November 14th, 2014 in assets recovery, doctors, fraud, news, remuneration, sentencing, tax evasion by tracey

‘A Maserati-driving doctor who lied about his salary to dodge paying £185,000 in tax and live a luxury lifestyle has been jailed for 18 months. Dr Michael Summer, 46, earned more than £750,000 yet paid tax and national insurance on only half that amount.’

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Daily Telegraph, 13th November 2014

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

QC wins High Court battle to be paid £100,000 fee – Legal Futures

Posted September 26th, 2014 in barristers, contracts, professional conduct, remuneration, striking out by tracey

‘The High Court has ordered a Jersey lawyer to pay an English barrister’s fee, dismissing a claim that the fee was an honorarium which was not legally enforceable.’

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Legal Futures, 26th September 2014

Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk