Category: remuneration

Revisions to the codes of practice for skilled migrant workers – UK Border Agency

Posted March 4th, 2013 in codes of practice, employment, immigration, news, remuneration by sally

“Today [1 March], the UK Border Agency is publishing a statement of intent, to help employers prepare for changes to the points-based system.

The statement announces changes to the codes of practice for skilled migrant workers from outside the European Economic Area. These will come into effect on 6 April 2013 and will also affect the timing of the applications for restricted certificates of sponsorship in March and April.”

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UK Border Agency, 1st March 2013

Source: www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk

The Dynamic Do-over: The Advocate General’s opinion in Alemo-Herron – Employment Law Blog

Posted February 25th, 2013 in contracting out, EC law, employment, local government, news, remuneration, transfer of undertakings by sally

“What’s the point of the TUPE? Other than terrorising HR professionals and inspiring books as good as this one, that is? Its essential function is simple: to protect the employment and the terms and conditions of employees affected by a change in the ownership of the undertaking they work in or (for now at least) by a change in the identity of the provider of a service. The eye-popping complexity for which TUPE disputes are famous arises from trying to apply that simple principle to the messy business that is real life employment. The CJEU is presently pondering one example of the conceptual difficulties that can be thrown up in Alemo-Herron and others v Parkwood Leisure Limited C-426/11 and Advocate General Cruz Villalon has just delivered his opinion.”

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Employment Law Blog, 22nd February 2013

Source: www.employment11kbw.com

UK law is a booming export but at home crime work doesn’t pay – The Guardian

Posted February 8th, 2013 in legal aid, legal profession, legal services, news, remuneration by sally

“While financial law mushrooms, legal aid cuts are threatening basic access to the system and the future of high street solicitors.”

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The Guardian, 7th February 2013

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Brown-Quinn and another v Equity Syndicate Management Ltd and another – WLR Daily

Posted December 14th, 2012 in contracts, costs, fees, insurance, law reports, remuneration, solicitors by tracey

Brown-Quinn and another v Equity Syndicate Management Ltd and another: [2012] EWCA Civ 1633; [2012] WLR (D) 377

“A legal expenses insurer could seek to limit the level of costs and expenses payable under an insurance policy in respect of a solicitor’s services for which it was liable to the insured provided that the freedom to choose a lawyer guaranteed by Council Directive 87/344/EEC, as transposed into English law by regulation 6 of the Insurance Companies (Legal Expenses Insurance) Regulations 1990, was not rendered meaningless.”

WLR Daily, 12th December 2012

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

Crown Prosecution Service v Eastenders Cash and Carry plc and others – WLR Daily

Posted November 27th, 2012 in appeals, crime, Crown Prosecution Service, law reports, proceeds of crime, receivers, remuneration, restraint orders by sally

Crown Prosecution Service v Eastenders Cash and Carry plc and others [2012] EWCA Crim 2436; [2012] WLR (D) 346

“Where restraint orders under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 were later set aside, the remuneration and expenses of the management receiver appointed under those orders were not recoverable either out of the assets of the companies to which the restraint orders related or from the Crown Prosecution Service.”

WLR Daily, 23rd November 2012

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

Appleyard v Wewelwala – WLR Daily

Posted November 27th, 2012 in bankruptcy, jurisdiction, law reports, remuneration, trustees in bankruptcy by sally

Appleyard v Wewelwala [2012] EWHC 3302 (Ch); [2012] WLR (D) 345

“The court’s inherent jurisdiction to direct payment of the trustee in bankruptcy’s expenses extended to cases where the bankruptcy order was set aside on appeal. A trustee who had acted properly and innocently of any wrongdoing could expect to obtain payment of his reasonable expenses”

WLR Daily, 23rd November 2012

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

British Airways plc v Williams and others – WLR Daily

Posted October 19th, 2012 in airlines, EC law, holiday pay, law reports, remuneration, working time by sally

British Airways plc v Williams and others [2012] UKSC 43; [2012] WLR (D) 277

“Where a group of airline pilots’ claimed that their paid annual leave (as required by a European Aviation Directive) should include their regular supplementary allowances as well as their basic pay and, on a reference by the Supreme Court, the Court of Justice of the European Union had interpreted the Directive as requiring pay for annual leave to correspond to normal remuneration, assessed as being the average over a representative period of all remuneration save that intended exclusively to cover costs, the absence of a detailed domestic legislative scheme implementing the Directive’s requirements as to paid annual leave did not preclude an employment tribunal from making such an assessment.”

WLR Daily, 17th October 2012

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

£750,000 of prisoners’ pay taken to help victims of crime – Daily Telegraph

Posted September 24th, 2012 in budgets, news, prisons, remuneration, victims by sally

“More than £750,000 has been taken from prisoners’ pay packets to support victims of crime, according to the new Minister for Victims.”

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Daily Telegraph, 24th September 2012

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

UK among worst in Europe for employing female judges – The Guardian

Posted September 20th, 2012 in bills, diversity, equality, judiciary, news, remuneration by sally

“The United Kingdom’s record of slowly improving judicial diversity has been dealt a severe blow by a comparative European report revealing that only Azerbaijan and Armenia employ fewer female professional judges. Despite what the study describes as a gradual ‘feminisation of the judiciary resulting in a near gender equality’ across the continent and its eastern borders, only 23% of judges in England and Wales and 21% of judges in Scotland are women.”

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The Guardian, 20th September 2012

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Legal aid in England five times as generous as rest of Europe – Daily Telegraph

Posted September 20th, 2012 in budgets, diversity, equality, judiciary, legal aid, news, remuneration by sally

“Legal aid in England and Wales is five times as generous as the average in Europe, figures show.”

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Daily Telegraph, 20th September 2012

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Justice reforms have increased burden on judiciary, says LCJ – Law Society’s Gazette

Posted August 7th, 2012 in civil justice, criminal justice, judiciary, news, remuneration, reports by sally

“Reforms to the efficiency of the administration of justice have increased the burdens on the judiciary at a time when their pay and pension packages are being cut, according to a report from the lord chief justice, Igor Judge.”

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Law Society’s Gazette, 6th August 2012

Source: www.gazette.co.uk

Lord Chief Justice’s Report laid before House of Lords – Judiciary of England and Wales

Posted August 6th, 2012 in budgets, courts, judiciary, news, pensions, remuneration, statutory duty, violent disorder by sally

“The latest Lord Chief Justice’s Report has been laid before the House of Lords.”

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Judiciary of England and Wales, 3rd August 2012

Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk

Lord Chief Justice warns pay freeze will cause ‘problems’ – Daily Telegraph

Posted August 6th, 2012 in budgets, judiciary, news, pensions, remuneration by sally

“The country’s most senior judge has warned that Government cuts to take-home pay could damage the quality of the judiciary in future.”

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Daily Telegraph, 3rd August 2012

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Insider fraud increases due to pay freezes – Daily Telegraph

Posted August 3rd, 2012 in financial regulation, fraud, news, remuneration by tracey

“Pay freezes, rising unemployment and inflation are to blame for rising levels of insider fraud, according to CIFAS, the UK fraud prevention service.”

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Daily Telegraph, 2nd August 2012

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

High Court ruling will increase cost of long-term sick leave for businesses, expert warns – OUT-LAW.com

Posted July 27th, 2012 in dismissal, news, remuneration, sick leave, working time by sally

“Unused holiday entitlement by workers on long-term sick leave should be automatically transferred into the next leave year if a worker is unable to take that holiday due to his or her sickness, the Court of Appeal has said.”

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OUT-LAW.com, 27th July 2012

Source: www.out-law.com

NHS Leeds v Larner – WLR Daily

Posted July 27th, 2012 in dismissal, law reports, remuneration, sick leave, working time by sally

NHS Leeds v Larner [2012] EWCA Civ 1034; [2012] WLR (D) 227

“An employee who had been on sick leave for a prolonged period of time and who was eventually dismissed thereafter had not lost her right to the holiday pay to which she was entitled in lieu of the annual leave which she had been unable to take.”

WLR Daily, 25th July 2012

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

Changes to the family migration Immigration Rules come into effect on 9 July 2012 – UK Border Agency

Posted July 9th, 2012 in EC law, families, human rights, immigration, news, regulations, remuneration by sally

“A number of changes to the Immigration Rules come into effect on 9 July 2012. These changes will affect non-European Economic Area (non-EEA) nationals applying to enter or remain in the UK under the family migration route.”

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UK Border Agency, 9th July 2012

Source: www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk

Courts should take note of Strasbourg’s doctrine of deference – UK Human Rights Blog

Posted July 9th, 2012 in courts, EC law, human rights, judicial review, news, prisons, remuneration, sex discrimination by sally

“This case about prisoner’s pay provides an interesting up to date analysis of the role of the doctrine of ‘margin of appreciation’ and its applicability in domestic courts.”

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UK Human Rights Blog, 6th July 2012

Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com

Regina (S) v Secretary of State for Justice Regina (KF) v Same – WLR Daily

Posted July 5th, 2012 in employment, law reports, prisons, remuneration, victims by sally

Regina (S) v Secretary of State for Justice; Regina (KF) v Same [2012] EWHC 1810 (Admin); [2012] WLR (D) 191

“Guidance in prison service instructions as to the approach to be followed by prison governors when exercising their discretion to make deductions from prisoners’ earnings to raise funds to support victims of crime was not unlawful.”

WLR Daily, 3rd July 2012

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

Prisoners lose victim support claim – The Independent

Posted July 3rd, 2012 in employment, news, prisons, remuneration, victims by sally

“Prisoners who took jobs outside jail have lost their High Court claim that a levy on their wages which goes to victim support is too high.”

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The Independent, 3rd July 2012

Source: www.independent.co.uk