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AGENCY WORKERS
Are agency workers entitled to the same hours?
Many smaller employers rely on agency workers to meet their staffing needs. These workers have many legal rights, but are they entitled to the same number of contractual hours as directly employed comparators?
EMPLOYERS’ LIABILITY
Can you be liable for offensive Facebook posts?
You’ve discovered that an employee has posted racially offensive content on their personal Facebook page. It’s been seen by at least one of their colleagues. Could you be held liable for their actions?
GROWTH SHARES
A handy alternative to share option plans
Your client wants to retain and incentivise a key member of staff. You have discussed the enterprise management incentive, but the company’s trade is excluded under the legislation. What alternative can offer the same benefits?
PRIVATE RESIDENCE RELIEF
Use a tax return to reduce a private residence relief risk
A client has recently sold her main residence and believes the gain should be exempt due to private residence relief. Why can things get complicated, and might disclosing the full details on a return be a good idea?
DIRECTORS’ REMUNERATION
New company: can the directors be paid before trading?
You have a new company as a client. It hasn’t started to trade yet, but the directors want to start taking a salary to ensure tax efficiency for the year. Is this permissible and tax deductible for the company?
CAPITAL ALLOWANCES
Capital equipment: should it be bought personally?
Your client is the sole director and shareholder of a trading company. The company needs some new equipment to increase its output. The director thinks she should buy this personally as the capital allowances will then be relieved at 40%. Is she right?
CORPORATION TAX
Is a gift made to a company taxable?
A client has a customer who is particularly impressed with the service they received. They have made a gift of several cases of expensive champagne. This was sent to the company but intended for the directors and staff. What’s the tax position?
SHARED PARENTAL LEAVE
Shared parental leave - getting to grips with the paperwork
It’s fair to say that the shared parental leave and pay scheme is complex, and it requires rather a lot of paperwork to be completed. To comply with legislative requirements, what documents must be submitted by employees and by when?
DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION
What is not a disability?
Although you’re probably relatively familiar with the statutory definition of a disability, what you might not know is that there are some specific exclusions to that definition. When does the law say that a condition does not constitute a disability?
TRIBUNALS
The dangers of disclosing legal advice
An employer who cherry picked a selection of documents for disclosure to an employee was held to have waived legal advice privilege in all the documents. Why was this?
MINIMUM WAGE
National living wage to apply to 21 year olds
The government has set out its intention to lower the age threshold for the national living wage (NLW) to age 21. When is this likely to happen?
RETIREMENT
Dismissing older workers
Since the abolition of the statutory default retirement age, employees can, theoretically, continue to work indefinitely and you can’t dismiss them just because they’ve reached 65. What are your options for terminating the employment of older employees?
