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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12 December 2011 | Michael Delaney
2012 is expected to be a very busy year for employment law, with the Government recently announcing a raft of proposals to reform employment law and changes to the employment tribunal system.
I have...
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12 December 2011 | Iain Donaldson
A parliamentary commencement order will bring sections 1, 2 and 3 of the Estates of Deceased Persons (Forfeiture Rule and Law of Succession) Act 2011 into force on 1 February 2012. These sections incorporate...
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