Unemployment is forecast to grow and wages are likely to fall as employers, yet to feel the worst of last year's increase to their national insurance contributions, seek to alleviate the cost of the rising tax burdens announced in Wednesday's Budget.
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UK Budget A Lose-Lose For Employers And Workers

By Adele Redmond

Unemployment is forecast to grow and wages are likely to fall as employers, yet to feel the worst of last year's increase to their national insurance contributions, seek to alleviate the cost of the rising tax burdens announced in Wednesday's Budget.

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Gov't Proposes Ban On Non-Compete Clauses

By William Janes

The U.K. government published proposals on Wednesday to ban or limit non-compete clauses in employment contracts, citing concerns that the post-employment restrictions could be bad for economic growth.

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UK To Limit Pension Tax Breaks, Raising Retirement Concerns

By Martin Croucher

The U.K. government said Wednesday it will reduce tax breaks on pension salary-sacrifice arrangements, despite fears it could leave millions worse off in retirement.

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LITIGATION

RAF Leader Fights To Revive Discrimination Complaint Case

By William Janes

A Royal Air Force squadron leader asked a London appeals court on Wednesday to revive her claim that the Ministry of Defence mishandled her complaints that her bosses discriminated against her when she was undergoing IVF treatments.

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Brief

Ex-Man Utd Player Sues For £1M, Claiming Injury Negligence

By Sophia Dourou

Congolese professional footballer Axel Tuanzebe has sued Manchester United FC for more than £1 million ($1.3 million), alleging that the football club's failure to adequately treat an injury has harmed his career.

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QMUL Academic Wins Post-Maternity Equal Pay Claim

By Jamie Lennox

A tribunal has ruled that Queen Mary University of London discriminated against a senior academic by paying her less than a male colleague in the years following her maternity leave.

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Reform MP Candidate Can't Revive Sex Bias Claim

By Hanna Vioque

A candidate for a parliamentary role representing Reform UK can't revive her sex bias and unfair dismissal claims because she was given every chance to make her case and didn't deserve a "second bite of the cherry," an employment tribunal has ruled.

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Kevin Spacey Fails To Force Restart On Sex Assault Claim

By Ronan Barnard

Kevin Spacey failed to force a man suing him for alleged sexual assault to restart his claim due to the non-disclosure of a psychiatric report after a London judicial panel ruled Wednesday that although there was "no good reason" for it, the proceedings should not be derailed.

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Brief

KFC Operator Told To Train Staff On Discrimination

By Jamie Lennox

A tribunal has ordered a British KFC franchisee to train all its staff on workplace discrimination and awarded a staffer £66,800 ($88,000) in compensation, after the employee won his race bias claim.

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POLICY & REGULATION

Gov't Extends Income Tax Threshold Freeze In UK Budget

By Josh White

The U.K. government will extend the freeze on income tax thresholds as part of its plans to raise £26 billion ($34 billion) in tax revenue without raising rates, Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves announced Wednesday.

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Gov't To Boost Pensions For UK Retirees Hit By Inflation

By Martin Croucher

The U.K. government said Wednesday it plans to increase benefits for retirees who have seen their pensions eroded over the years by inflation.

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DEALS

Brief

DWF-Led Pension Trustee Co. IGG Buys Savings Adviser

By Tom Fish

Independent Governance Group, a pensions trusteeship and governance services provider, has acquired retirement consultancy KGC Associates Ltd. to help the business to grow.

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