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April 2011
CHECKLIST: EMPLOYMENT LAW CHANGES
This checklist summarises the forthcoming changes to employment legislation coming into force in April 2011.
March 2011
CHECKLIST: CORPORATE MANSLAUGHTER
This checklist sets out the factors which can lead to your business being prosecuted for corporate manslaughter and the penalties for breaching the legislation.
December 2010
CHECKLIST: REDUNDANCY SELECTION POOL
If your business is making redundancies, you must be very careful when drawing up the pool of employees from which you make your selection. Failure to consider the pool is likely to make a dismissal unfair. This checklist highlights the key issues that you need to consider.
December 2010
BRIBERY ACT 2010
The Bribery Act 2010 comes into force in April 2011 and may prove to have a telling impact upon some UK businesses, particularly those operating in less financially transparent overseas markets.
October 2010
CHECKLIST: SALARY SACRIFICE ARRANGEMENTS
What is a salary sacrifice arrangement?
A salary sacrifice arrangement involves an employee giving up part of their entitlement to salary which is subject to income tax and National Insurance contributions (NICs), in exchange for a new or enhanced non-cash benefit, which benefits from a full or partial exemption from tax and/or NICs.
September 2010
RECENT COMMERCIAL PROPERTY LEGAL DEVELOPMENTS
A property case of major importance has recently been settled out of court. The High Court previously held that, if as a pre-condition to consent to assign, a tenant’s guarantor must enter into an authorised guarantee agreement (AGA) (to guarantee the performance of the assignee’s obligations), the AGA will be void. The judge went further than this and effectively said that such a guarantee would still be void, even if given voluntarily.
IMPORTANT CHANGES TO EMPLOYMENT LEGISLATION - OCT 2010
This checklist summarises the changes to employment legislation that will come into force in October 2010.
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