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      This webinar will bring together views from actuaries, lawyers, administrators, trustees and data experts to look at the pragmatic, collaborative solutions that are open to schemes to solve the GMP equalisation challenges in 2021. It will assess the individual challenges schemes face with equalisations and provide some practical options that are available to resolve these issues.

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Gig economy worker secures supreme pensions win
Gig economy worker secures supreme pensions win

Pimlico Plumbers loses Supreme Court fight over whether its workforce are 'independent contractors' or 'self-employed' leading to AE entitlements, James Phillips writes

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  • 13 June 2018
UK Uber drivers begin legal action over pay and benefits

Uber drivers have begun legal proceedings against the company to be classed as employees and earn related benefits.

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DB schemes avoid £3bn same sex partner benefits hit

Sponsoring employers will not have to help fund equalised survivor benefits for widowers and same sex partners before 2005.

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  • 07 October 2015
Lawyers highlight 'serious burden' of travel to work ruling

Employment lawyers are warning that businesses could see an "immediate" significant impact from the travel to work ruling.

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  • 11 September 2015
European court rules travel time is work

Employees who do not have a work base must have the travel to and from their first and last customers included as part of their working time, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled.

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  • 10 September 2015
Unison wants to continue tribunal fees fight in Supreme Court

Unison will seek permission to appeal to the Supreme Court after losing its challenge to the legality of employment tribunal fees.

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  • 27 August 2015
FTSE 100 targeted for boardroom pay transparency

FTSE 100 companies are facing tough demands for greater transparency about executive reward and performance targets.

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  • 27 July 2015
TPR underestimates number of small firms to auto-enrol by half a million

The Pensions Regulator (TPR) says 500,000 more small and micro employers than previously estimated will have to comply with auto-enrolment (AE) duties over the next three years.

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  • 24 July 2015
EAT invokes 18-month limit on holiday pay carry-over

Employees may only carry forward unused holiday as a result of sickness absence for a maximum of 18 months, the employment appeal tribunal (EAT) has ruled.

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  • 10 July 2015
UPDATE: Childcare voucher providers will not challenge Supreme Court ruling allowing tax-free childcare to proceed

Voucher providers will not be appealing further a Supreme Court ruling that threw-out their challenge to the government's tax-free childcare (TFC) scheme.

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  • 01 July 2015
PBUK 2015: Tribunal fees causing fall in HR compliance

HR departments are cutting back on compliance following the introduction of tribunal fees while trade unions are becoming stronger and more militant, an employment lawyer has warned.

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  • 30 June 2015
Voluntary overtime closer to inclusion in holiday pay

Employers hoping to see voluntary overtime excluded from holiday pay calculations are likely to be disappointed after a ruling by the Northern Ireland Court of Appeal.

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  • 19 June 2015
Business Secretary confirms employment law de-regulation

Business Secretary Sajid Javid has pledged to push on with changes restricting strike action and to remove more employment regulation.

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  • 12 May 2015
WSB Research Forum: Benefits professionals' votes swayed by workplace policies

Half of workplace benefits professionals will decide their general election vote based in some significant part on employment policies.

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  • 15 April 2015
WSB Research Forum: EU split would send UK workplace freedoms "backwards 50 years"

The majority of benefits professionals want Britain to remain a member of the European Union and value EU workplace laws.

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  • 09 April 2015
Commission included in holiday pay rules

An employment tribunal has amended the Working Time Regulations (WTR) to ensure that commission is included in holiday pay.

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  • 26 March 2015
Zero-hours contracts hit 1.8 million

The use of zero-hours contracts appears to be continuing to grow across Britain, according to official statistics.

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  • 25 February 2015
Labour pledges tax breaks for Living Wage employers

Businesses will be given tax breaks for paying the Living Wage while exploitative elements of zero hours contracts will be outlawed under a Labour government.

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  • 16 February 2015
Overseas remote worker cleared to bring tribunal claim in England

Employers should be aware that staff working remotely overseas can still bring tribunal claims in the UK.

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  • 09 January 2015
The top news stories of 2014... part two

WSB presents the news stories that gathered the most attention over the last 12 months.

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  • 31 December 2014
Unison loses employment tribunal fees battle

WSB understands that Unison has been unsuccessful in its bid to overturn employment tribunal fees.

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  • 17 December 2014
EAT rules employees can carry over holiday leave

An Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) ruling may open the floodgates for employees to carry over holiday allowance where they are unable to take annual leave for reasons beyond their control.

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  • 10 December 2014
Case study: How GSK empowers its caring staff

GSK has given its employees more control in how they deal with their caring responsibilities. Nick Martindale examines how the approach has worked.

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  • 08 December 2014
Research Forum: Holiday pay ruling prompts cautious approach

The majority of employers believe the recent holiday pay ruling will have little impact on their business, although many believe it is too early to judge the full effect of the decision.

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  • 03 December 2014
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