Sexual Harassment Calls To Acas Up 39% After Law Change

By Adele Redmond

Inquiries to the U.K.'s workplace disputes mediator about sexual harassment have grown by 39% following a law change requiring employers to take steps to shield their staff, data released on Wednesday revealed.

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HMRC Tightens Tax Rules For Umbrella Companies

By Josh White

Recruiters and their clients in the U.K. will be jointly liable for tax avoidance by businesses using umbrella companies to pay temporary workers, Britain's tax authority said in guidance issued Wednesday.

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Watchdog Floats New Enforcement Plan Amid Oversight Shift

By Joel Poultney

Britian's retirement savings watchdog has said it plans to become a more proactive regulator through a new strategy it hopes will make enforcement "smarter, more strategic and more impactful."

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Generali Denies £2M Claim Over Astellas Worker's Alzheimer's

By William Janes

Generali Group has denied unreasonably refusing to pay out almost £2 million ($2.7 million) to Astellas on an income protection policy for a staffer with Alzheimer's disease, arguing that the employee did not become unable to work before the policy ended.

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McDonald's Beats Staffer's Appeal To Revive Race Bias Claim

By Jamie Lennox

A McDonald's franchisee persuaded a London appeals tribunal Wednesday not to revive a former employee's discrimination claim, proving that he waited too long to sue the company.

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Mizuho Wins Costs Order Over 'Misconceived' Appeal

By Hanna Vioque

Global finance firm Mizuho convinced an appellate tribunal on Wednesday that a former employee should pay for the legal costs it incurred in responding to her "misconceived" appeals over the dismissal of her whistleblowing claims, but its award will be slashed by 90%.

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Fox Williams Sues Fintech Biz For £130K Unpaid Legal Fees

By Ronan Barnard

Fox Williams LLP has sued a financial technology company at a London court, alleging that it refused to pay fees incurred in an employment dispute with a former employee, according to filings that are now public.

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Workers Cutting Pension Contributions To Make Ends Meet

By Joel Poultney

More than half of British workers have at least considered reducing their pension payments in the past year to help pay bills, according to research from a retirement company published Wednesday.

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Pensions Watchdog Sharpens Focus On Professional Trustees

By Martin Croucher

The Pensions Regulator said Wednesday that it will continue with its plans to strengthen oversight of the professional trustee sector, after it emerged that 80% of the market was controlled by just four providers.

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How Cos. Can Straddle US-UK Split On Work Misconduct, DEI

With U.K. regulators ordering employers to do more to prevent nonfinancial misconduct and discrimination, and President Donald Trump ordering the rollback of similar American protections, global organizations should prioritize establishing consistent workplace conduct frameworks to help balance their compliance obligations across the diverging jurisdictions, say lawyers at WilmerHale.

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