An appeals tribunal has axed the bulk of a civil servant's disability discrimination case against the Scottish government, ruling that his probation was not unfairly extended and that he waited too long to sue over workplace accommodations.
An appeals tribunal has axed the bulk of a civil servant's disability discrimination case against the Scottish government, ruling that his probation was not unfairly extended and that he waited too long to sue over workplace accommodations.
Four food factory workers have revived their personal injury claim that their employer's negligence caused them to catch COVID-19, as a court ruled on Wednesday that a lower court was wrong to deem their case hopeless.
The European Commission set out proposals Wednesday to simplify tax rules for remote employees and cross-border work arrangements in a policy paper, as part of a regime to remove barriers for businesses across the European Union.
Counsel for a former law firm manager accused of helping an undercover journalist make a bogus asylum implication told a tribunal Wednesday that his client was the victim of a sting operation to "entrap" him.
The government could be considering the removal of tax breaks on workplace pensions salary-sacrifice plans, experts have warned, as part of an effort to increase revenue in the next budget.
Most U.K. businesses with defined benefit pension plans larger than £500 million ($673 million) have said they would access their retirement plan surplus once the government allows them to tap into the money, new research shows.
Aviva said on Wednesday that it has taken on £270 million ($364 million) worth of pension plan liabilities from a retirement fund sponsored by supermarket giant Morrisons.
Recent government and Serious Fraud Office announcements indicate that the U.K.’s long-standing aversion to rewarding whistleblowers is reversing, underlining the importance for organizations to consider managing misconduct risk and prepare for a potentially significant uptick in tipoffs, says Tom Grodecki at Cadwalader.
