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6, main box: European Court rules on travel as working time case
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled that the time workers without a fixed or habitual place of work spend travelling from home to their first appointment of the day and from their last appointment of the day to their home to be working time for the purposes of ...
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Article6, small box: Same-sex spouse loses equal pension bid
The Court of Appeal has upheld a ruling against a retired employee in his bid to see his civil partner, now husband, receive the same pension pay-out in the event of his death as a spouse of the opposite sex.In the case of Walker vs Innospec and others, in which ...
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Articlep3: Pensions research leader column
Almost a third (30%) of respondents to the Employee Benefits/Close Brothers Pensions research 2015 say the most frequent concern that staff have around retirement is a lack of knowledge about how much they need to contribute into their pensions in order to achieve their retirement goals.If an employee reaches their ...
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ArticleAltmann puts defined ambition and automatic transfers on hold
Pensions minister Ros Altmann has announced that plans to impement defined ambition pensions, collective benefits and automatic transfers (also known as pot follows member) have been put on hold.In a statement to the House of Commons, the pensions minister (pictured) said that the timing was not right to ask the ...
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ArticleCalifornia acts to bridge gender pay gap
New legislation has been passed in California, USA, to help close the gender pay gap.The California Fair Pay Act was signed into law by Californian governor Jerry Brown to strengthen equal pay legislation in the state. Current law prohibits employers from paying a woman less than a man when they ...
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Article67% say Isa system would lower staff pension savings
Two-thirds (67%) of respondents believe an individual savings account (Isa)-style tax system for pensions would result in a reduction in the amount employees save into their pension, according to research by insurance provider Aviva. Its survey of 118 Friends Life (now part of the Aviva Group) corporate pension clients also ...
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Article93% say employers should publish gender pay gap data
Almost all (93%) of respondents believe that employers should have to publish the overall gender pay gap within an organisation, according to research by Business in the Community.Its report, The gender pay gap: what employees really think, which surveyed 1,179 employees, also revealed that 87% of respondents think compulsory gender ...
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ArticleEAT rules on disability discrimination pensions case
An appeal has been allowed against a ruling that found a former technician had been discriminated against after receiving half of the pension he would have been entitled to had he been working full-time at the time of his ill-health retirement.In the case of the Trustees of Swansea University Pension ...
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ArticleFedEx, Uber and Yelp cases bring employee status issue to the fore
In the US-based case of Gray vs FedEx Ground Package System, the latter contracts with operators to make deliveries. Under their contracts, the operators were not required to personally drive, but could hire someone else to do so. The plaintiffs brought a suit against FedEx claiming that they should be ...
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ArticlePolice forces to appeal decision on age discrimination case
An appeal has been filed against the Employment Appeal Tribunal’s (EAT’s) ruling that a regulation enabling police forces to compulsorily retire officers after they become entitled to a pension worth at least two-thirds of pensionable pay is not age discriminatory.The judgment in the case of Harrod and others v Chief ...
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Article23% favour Isa-style tax system for pensions
Less than a quarter (23%) of respondents would opt for an individual savings account (Isa)-style system for pensions after gaining a full understanding of the tax implications, compared to an initial 41%, according to research by Aviva.Its survey of 2,000 working adults found that the number of respondents that prefer ...
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ArticleEuropean Court rules that travel time is work
The European Court of Justice has ruled that travel between an employee’s home and the first and last job of the day at a client’s location constitutes working time for staff without a fixed or habitual place of work.The court considered this time spent travelling as working time, with the ...
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ArticleEmployee status of US Uber drivers to be decided
App-based taxi firm Uber, is facing further legal action regarding the employee status and rights of its workers, this time from the US.The US-based case, that of O’Connor et al. vs Uber Technologies, has been brought to the courts by three Uber drivers who claim that they should be treated ...
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Article10: People Moves: ARM promotes Cooper
Alastair Cooper has been promoted to global reward director at ARM. He previously held the role of senior reward manager at the organisation. His other previous roles include international reward manager at Iron Mountain and reward project manager at Marks & Spencer.
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Article10: People Moves: SunGard Financial Systems appoints Maher
SunGard Financial Services has appointed Vivian Maher as Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) benefits manager. She previously worked in EMEA reward at Research Now, at Bank of America as benefits manager EMEA, and at banking organisation TD as benefits manager, Europe (maternity cover).
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Article10: People Moves 2nd from top: Adam Brooke to join Standard Chartered Bank
Adam Brooke is joining Standard Chartered Bank as global benefits manager. He previously worked at JP Morgan as vice-president, employee benefits (UK), and as HR communications manager prior to that.
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Article10: People Moves Top: Purnell now at Lucozade Ribena Suntory
Sarah Purnell has joined Lucozade Ribena Suntory as senior compensation manager.Purnell had a year-long career break before taking up this new position. Prior to that, she held the role of head of UK reward and benefits at Tesco. Her other previous experience includes IT finance manager at Tesco, finance analyst ...
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Article66% have little to no understanding of pension tax relief
Around two-thirds (66%) of respondents have little or no understanding of how the tax system impacts pension contributions, according to research by insurance provider Aviva.Its survey of 2000 working adults in the UK, carried out in August, also found that one in ten respondents have never heard of pension tax ...
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Article10: People Moves: Goodwin moves up at Countrywide
Countrywide has promoted Neil Goodwin to head of reward.He is now responsible for the execution and development of the organisation’s employee reward strategy.Goodwin was previously reward manager at Countrywide, reward manager at Macmillan Science and Education, reward consultant at Hutchison 3G and HR reward and systems specialist at Unipart.
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ArticleJury to rule on employee status of FedEx drivers
A US district court in St Louis, Missouri, has referred a dispute over the employee status of FedEx drivers to a jury for deliberation.In the case of Gray vs FedEx Ground Package System, the latter contracts with operators to make deliveries. Under their contracts, the operators were not required to ...