16 December 2011 | Faiza Ahmad
The Electricity and Gas (Internal Markets) Regulations 2011 came into force on 10 November 2011.
Under these Regulations, a tenant will have the right to ask their landlord to allow a competitor electricity...
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15 December 2011 | Paul Gershlick
The Intellectual Property Office has issued a consultation on the Government’s plans to update copyright law and implement the recommendations coming out of the Hargreaves Review from earlier this year....
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15 December 2011 | Michael Delaney
The Government has launched a consultation on the introduction of fees for employment tribunals.
The consultation paper contains two options for consideration:
Option one: an initial fee of between...
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14 December 2011 | Michael Delaney
From 1 October 2012, new laws come into force, requiring all employers in Great Britain to automatically enrol eligible “jobholders” into a pension scheme.
Automatic enrolment was introduced for...
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14 December 2011 | Michael Oberwarth
The Government has confirmed that the standard rate of statutory maternity, paternity and adoption pay will increase from £128.73 to £135.45 per week from 1 April 2012.
Statutory sick pay will also...
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