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October 22, 2024
Pensions Watchdog Urges Industry To Embrace New Tech
The Pensions Regulator published its digital, data and technology strategy for 2025 on Tuesday with the intent to modernize its operations and encourage similar changes within the pensions industry, including reducing administrative burdens for pension schemes and improving competition.
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October 22, 2024
Charity Trustee Gets 2nd Shot At Whistleblowing Claim
An appellate judge has given the former president-elect of the British Psychological Society a second chance to prove he can pursue a whistleblowing detriment claim in a ruling that could pave the way for wider whistleblowing protections for charity trustees.
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October 21, 2024
Former Unite Official Loses Tribunal Claim Amid Fraud Probe
A tribunal has concluded that a former legal chief at Unite the Union did not face a "baseless" disciplinary investigation in connection with a police raid over a £112 million ($145 million) construction project that has since been referred to the Serious Fraud Office.
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October 21, 2024
UK Defends Employment Rights Bill's £7.4B Cost To Business
The U.K. government defended its Employment Rights Bill as "pro-worker, pro-business and pro-growth" on Monday after it revealed that the landmark legislation is forecast to cost businesses £7.4 billion ($9.6 billion) over the next decade.
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October 21, 2024
Howard Kennedy LLP Ex-Partner Can't Claim £176K
An employment tribunal has dismissed a former partner's claims that Howard Kennedy LLP owed him £176,725 ($230,238) in unpaid wages because he wasn't entitled to employment law protections.
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October 21, 2024
Campaigners To Submit Whistleblowing Protections Bill
Campaigners announced plans Monday to submit a new bill before Parliament that would establish a new government office to crack down on retaliation against whistleblowers who reveal fraud, corruption and misconduct.
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October 21, 2024
Exec Proves Co-Director Harassed Her For Blocking Advances
A recruitment company director harassed a fellow executive by pushing her out of the business after she rejected his sexual advances following a pub crawl, a tribunal has ruled.
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October 21, 2024
Gov't Urged To Reform Pension Lifeboat Levy Rules
The government should bring forward legislation to change how Britain's Pension Protection Fund sets its annual levy, a trade body warned Monday, after the lifeboat scheme announced a £100 million ($130 million) charge on the sector for the coming year.
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October 21, 2024
Medic Wins £6K Over Manager's Offer To Get Her Pregnant
An ambulance medic whose manager asked her if she wanted help getting pregnant has won £6,000 ($7808) in her discrimination claim after a tribunal found her employer failed to take her allegations seriously.
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October 18, 2024
Gov't Warned Over Axing National Insurance Pension Relief
Slashing the tax relief on pension contributions paid by employers could cost businesses nearly £500 ($653) per worker and reduce future retirement savings pots at a time of growing concern that Britons aren't saving enough for later life, Hymans Robertson said Friday.
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October 18, 2024
Solicitor Must Pay For Suing Barrister Repping Ex-Firm
An employment tribunal ordered a solicitor to pay £3,000 ($3,914) to cover costs that his old law firm and its barrister incurred while fighting claims of victimization that the court had no jurisdiction to hear.
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October 18, 2024
Ofsted Unfairly Fired Inspector For Touching Child's Head
England's education and childcare regulator unfairly dismissed one of its inspectors for brushing rain from a student's forehead, a London appeals court has ruled.
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October 18, 2024
Post Office GC Says Legal Strategy Flawed By Group Think
The Post Office's top lawyer told the inquiry into the Horizon accounting scandal on Friday that the organization's approach to litigation with wrongly convicted subpostmasters was "flawed" and its legal advisers fell victim to "group think."
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October 18, 2024
Insurance Deals Boom May Yield Admin Clog, Hymans Warns
The pensions risk transfer market has seen 600 buy-in deals completed since 2022, amid a boom in such transactions that could create an administration bottleneck as they advance to fall directly under insurers, Hymans Robertson said Friday.
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October 18, 2024
UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
This past week in London has seen Professor Cat Jarman, Earl Spencer's new girlfriend, sue his ex-wife, Bitcoin fraudster Craig Wright file a £911 billion ($1.18 trillion) claim against BTC Core, journalist Oliver Kamm hit novelist Ros Barber with a defamation claim, and a barrister at Cloisters face a claim from a former client. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.
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October 18, 2024
Teacher Wins £14K For Dismissal Linked To Racism Claims
An employment tribunal ordered a primary school to pay £14,733 ($19,216) to a Black teacher it hurriedly ousted after considering that her accusations of "blackophobia" against senior colleagues broke down their working relationship beyond repair.
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October 18, 2024
Opera Coach Axed After Pronoun Complaints Wins Claim
An opera training organization unfairly fired a conductor in the wake of complaints over the pronouns he used to refer to another artist, a tribunal has ruled.
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October 18, 2024
DPD Driver Wins £20K Over Colleagues' Flexible Hours Gossip
A DPD delivery driver has been awarded more than £20,000 ($26,000) after a tribunal found his colleagues gossiped about the flexible hours he worked to allow him to accommodate the birth of his daughter, but ruled that the delivery company did not unfairly dismiss him.
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October 25, 2024
Mishcon Hires Employment Partner In London From BCLP
Mishcon has hired a new employment law partner from Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP to work in its London office, with the new arrival hinting on Friday that the move has been on the cards for some time.
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October 18, 2024
Gowling Steers Engineering Biz On £70M Aviva Pension Deal
Gowling WLG has guided the trustee of the pension plan of Rotork, a U.K. manufacturer of industrial valves, on a £70 million ($91.3 million) buy-in transaction with Aviva, meaning the company's scheme is now fully insured.
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October 18, 2024
FCA's 'Pension Value' Rules Criticized for Over-Simplification
The Financial Conduct Authority's proposed regime for assessing the value of pension plans through standardized measures risks overlooking the "unique characteristics" of retirement savings plans in Britian, a financial consultancy warned on Friday.
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October 17, 2024
Ofsted Says Firing Inspector For Child Head Brush Was Fair
The English education and childcare regulator argued at a London appellate court Thursday that it was entitled to dismiss a school inspector for brushing rain from a student's forehead, arguing that it should be allowed to expect "exemplary" behavior from its inspectors.
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October 17, 2024
We Are In The Dark Over New Workers' Laws, Employers Say
Over a third of employers feel in the dark about changes to workers' laws contained in the government's Employment Rights Bill, according to poll results released Thursday.
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October 17, 2024
Bailiff Loses Claim Over Emotional Support Dog
The Ministry of Justice was not obligated to let a court bailiff travel with her Yorkshire terrier, as an employment tribunal ruled that her anxiety levels on the job wouldn't have improved with an emotional support dog.
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October 17, 2024
Ex-Exec Calls Training Co.'s Libel Claim 'Corporate Bullying'
The former sales director of an apprenticeship provider has argued that a libel claim against him is "an abuse of the legal system," after his former employer accused him of harassing senior staff in anonymous messages.