Online Access Can Satisfy Payslip Duty, Appeals Court Rules

By Adele Redmond

Employers providing electronic payslips in a reasonable fashion meet their statutory duty to provide workers with itemized statements, an appellate tribunal ruled Friday, dismissing an attempt to draw a legal distinction between directly giving the document to staff and making it available online.

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Staff Safety Reps Win 'Union-Busting' Case Over Meeting Ban

By Hanna Vioque

An employment judge has backed "union-busting" claims brought by three college employees, ruling that their managers unlawfully prevented them from representing members of GMB Scotland on health and safety committees during work hours.

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Coin Seller Wins Claim Ex-Staff Stole Client Data For Rival Co.

By Max Austin

A coin dealer persuaded a London judge on Friday that a group of former account managers conspired to exploit confidential customer data and stage a collective grievance as part of a plan to establish a rival business.

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Mex Group Faces $170M Claim Over 'Misused' Freezing Order

By Eddie Beaver

A business executive and two financial services companies said Friday that they are seeking more than $170 million from Mex Group over alleged losses stemming from a worldwide freezing order that they say the trading group weaponized after its conspiracy case against them collapsed.

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Roundup

UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London

By Megan Norcott

The past week in London has seen Royal Mail Pension Plan companies sue Wates Construction after investing in a Cambridge development project, law firm Ronald Fletcher Baker launch proceedings against several former partners and the rival firm they moved to, Lansdowne Law, and energy group VAROPreem bring an intellectual property claim against North Sea producer Viaro Energy and its chief executive. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K...

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Pensions Admin Body Issues Guidance On Dashboards

By Joel Poultney

A pensions sector standards-setter has issued guidance it said will ensure that retirement savings plans, providers and administrators treat compliance with online dashboards as an ongoing responsibility rather than a one-off project.

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Insurer-Led Innovations Aim To Cut Pension Buyout Delays

By Tom Fish

Britain's pension risk transfer market is innovating to accelerate the often-delayed process of moving defined benefit pension plans from buy-in arrangements to full insurance buyouts, according to a report from consultancy Hymans Robertson.

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