Employer fined for failure to have compulsory employers liability insurance
Employees would not be able to claim on the insurance if they experienced an accident at work.
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Claims for interest on overpaid VAT on Demonstrator cars restricted
Overpayments arose when demonstrator vehicles were sold under the ‘margin scheme’
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Health and Safety Guidance on tackling work related stress
The guidance uses the familiar five step approach to risk assessment.
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Trading Standards gives the Denver Boot to the car clampers
In one recent operation drivers complained of being clamped after making what they thought was a days parking.
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Beware of Internet and ‘Real’ Price Differences
Company fined for misleading customers by drawing them to a website and then topping up the price when they paid.
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Security Tip – Removal of Directors Residential Address from Public Record
A slightly deranged complainant visited our client’s home having found the detail from Companies House.
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Choosing a Company Name
The Business Names Act 1985 has been replaced by the Company and Business Names (Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2009.
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Car Valeter Employment Contracts – sham or not?
Employers are seeking to argue no employment rights when, in fact, the worker is in truth considered an employee.
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Good news for business with delay of implementation of Agency Workers Directive
The Agency Workers Directive (AWD) which was due to be introduced as early as next Spring has been delayed to October 2011.
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Sick leave does not count as holiday leave
If someone falls ill and decides not to take annual leave during a period of illness he/she must be granted equivalent replacement paid holiday leave.
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Default Retirement Age 65 …FOR NOW!
There was a recent further round in the challenge by Age UK that the governments default retirement age of 65 should be scrapped.
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Increase in compensation for injury to feelings in discrimination cases
A previous appeal case had set levels for compensation to cover injury to feelings when dealing with employment discrimination cases.
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