“Crown Prosecution Service lawyers are receiving personal bonuses linked to their success in confiscating criminal assets, The Times has learnt.”
The Times, 31st October 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Lawyers received tens of millions of pounds more than they were entitled to in legal aid payments last year, the government auditor has said.”
BBC News, 29th October 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Solicitors have been overpaid nearly £25m for legal aid work, public spending watchdog the National Audit Office (NAO) reported today.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 29th October 2009
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“New rules on tipping and service charges have come into force in the UK.”
BBC News, 30th September 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Former and current employees of a German-owned investment bank today lodged a high court claim for £30m in unpaid bonuses.”
The Guardian, 8th September 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Council chief executives who resign with large pay-offs before being rehired by another local authority are to be investigated by the spending watchdog.”
Daily Telegraph, 26th August 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The government is prepared to take further steps to clamp down on City bonuses after the Financial Services Authority today [12 August] published a watered-down code on bankers’ pay.”
The Guardian, 12th August 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Women solicitors earn 29% less than their male colleagues, the Gazette can reveal this week. The Law Society’s latest salary survey showed only a slight narrowing of the pay gap between the sexes compared with the previous year’s figure of 32%.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 9th July 2009
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
” Alistair Darling stepped back today from a radical overhaul of Britain’s banks when he ruled out caps on bankers’ pay or breaking up the biggest City institutions.”
The Guardian, 9th July 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Banking executives will have their pay linked to long term profitability under new rules designed to prevent a repeat of last year’s financial meltdown.”
The Times, 8th July 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“New rules have come into force requiring MPs to disclose all income they receive from second jobs and how much time they devote to them.”
BBC News, 1st July 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The boss of an overseas firm who was shot four times and seriously injured, and sacked by his employer on the same day, has won a £160,000 pay claim.”
BBC News, 24th June 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Ainsworth and Others v Inland Revenue Commissioners
House of Lords
“Employees entitled to statutory holiday pay were also entitled to claim its non-payment as an unlawful deduction from wages.”
Times Law Reports, 15th June 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Employees were entitled to complain of the non-payment of statutory holiday pay as an unlawful deduction from wages pursuant to ss 13 and 23 of the Employment Rights Act 1996 as well as under regs 13 and 16 or 14 of the Working Time Regulations 1998.”
WLR Daily, 10th June 2009
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
Commissioners for Revenue and Customs v Annabel’s (Berkeley Square) Ltd and Others
Court of Appeal
“Restaurant employers were not entitled to use discretionary tips, gratuities and service charges paid by customers to waiters and bar staff by card or cheque made out to the employer and subsequently transmitted to the workers by a tronc system to top up the pay of their employees to the national minimum wage.”
The Times, 13th May 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The UK minimum wage will rise by 7p to £5.80 an hour from October, the government has announced.”
BBC News, 12th May 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Revenue and Customs Commissioners v Annabel’s (Berkeley Square) Ltd and others; [2009] WLR (D) 149
“Money payments made in the form of discretionary service charges by customers to waiters and bar staff by credit or debit card or by cheque, and collected by the proprietor/employer to be transmitted to employees via a ‘tronc’ system (an arrangement for the pooling and distribution to employees), administered by an employee called ‘troncmaster’, did not count towards an employee’s remuneration within the meaning of reg 30(a) of the National Minimum Wage Regulations 1999, to meet the requirement of s 1 of the National Minimum Wage Act 1998.”
WLR Daily, 8th May 2009
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
“A prestigious Mayfair nightclub lost a court battle with the taxman yesterday over a tips system that benefited customers and staff.”
The Times, 8th May 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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