Commercial Client

• Government Abolishes the Sick Pay Reclaim Scheme

  • Posted16 July 2014

  The Government’s decision to abolish, with effect from 6 April 2014, the statutory sick pay (SSP) percentage threshold scheme, whereby employers could, in certain circumstances, reclaim SSP paid to employees...

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• New Competition Law Has Real Teeth

  • Posted15 July 2014

  Under the old law relating to cartels, it was necessary to prove dishonest intent in order to obtain a criminal conviction when companies engaged in price fixing, market manipulation, bid...

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• Electronic Services – Get Ready for New VAT Rules

  • Posted11 July 2014

  If you supply electronic products (telecommunications, broadcasting and e-services) to non-business customers through online sales, you should start thinking about how you will comply with the new VAT ‘place of...

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• Age Discrimination and Redundancy

  • Posted10 July 2014

  A 61-year-old local authority employee, who received a lower redundancy payment than younger workers with the same length of service because she was over the state pension age that applied...

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• Low Pay Commission Seeks Views on National Minimum Wage Rates

  • Posted9 July 2014

  The Low Pay Commission (LPC) is seeking views from interested parties in order to report on its remit from the Government with regard to the National Minimum Wage (NMW) rates...

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• Court Fight Increases Cost of Copyright Violation

  • Posted7 July 2014

  A photographer who had taken a picture of pop stars Ke$Ha and LMFAO has received a settlement of £20,000 after the Patents Court ruled that his copyright had been infringed. ...

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