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P&E Update: Employment/Employee Benefits Bulletin (16 Apr 2015) Topics covered in this bulletin: New Publication shared parental leave and pay Cases Round-Up Whistleblowing: "public interest" in alleged financial impropriety affecting bonuses workplace stress: injury not reasonably foreseeable and ... P&E Update: Pensions Bulletin (16 Apr 2015) Topics covered in this bulletin: Pensions Law Update Seminar The Watch List 6th April, 2015 Changes DB to DC transfers and conversions: Regulator issues final guidance charge cap guidance updated HMRC guidance on pensions flexibility and tax New... P&E Update: Pensions Bulletin (02 Apr 2015) Topics covered in this bulletin: Pensions Law Update Seminar The Watch List 6th April, 2015 Changes Checklist for clients New exemption from charge cap for AVC schemes Pension scams Inheritability of annuities: Finance Act 2015 Tax Budget su... The March 2015 Pensions Budget Supplement This paper summarises changes announced or confirmed by the Chancellor of the Exchequer on 18th March, 2015 that impact on pension schemes or are otherwise of interest. VAT treatment of pension fund management services: HMRC brief 8 (2015) Since the decision of the CJEU in PPG (Case C-26/12), HMRC have issued a succession of Briefs setting out their evolving views on the implications of that judgment for recovery of VAT borne on pension fund management and administration services. On 26th ... P&E Update: Employment/Employee Benefits Bulletin (02 Apr 2015) Topics covered in this bulletin: New Law Royal Assent for last employment laws before the General Election Cases Round-Up Holiday pay: WTR 1998 can be read to include commission Unfair dismissal: relevance of admissions Diet-controlled type 2 d... What a difference a year makes: the changing tax disputes landscape The overall impression of the changes in the last two years is of a lot of new rules, a number of which could be said to be one-sided or shift the balance of power in tax disputes to HMRC. While there should be considerable sympathy for HMRC in the curre... Are collective actions set to take off On 26 March 2015, the Consumer Rights Act received Royal Assent. When the Act comes into force in October it will change the landscape for private actions based on competition law infringements. Key changes include allowing claimants to bring actions on ... SBEE Act: Corporate update On 26 March 2015, the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Bill received Royal Assent and became the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 (“SBEE Act”). The SBEE Act includes new measures designed to increase transparency in ... Auto-enrolment: Easements This briefing covers: an overview of exceptions to the employer duty proposed changes to the information requirements alternative quality requirement