Bankers’ pay curbed under new City rules – The Times

Posted July 8th, 2009 in financial regulation, news, remuneration by sally

“Banking executives will have their pay linked to long term profitability under new rules designed to prevent a repeat of last year’s financial meltdown.”

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The Times, 8th July 2009

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

MPs’ second jobs to be disclosed – BBC News

Posted July 1st, 2009 in news, parliament, remuneration by sally

“New rules have come into force requiring MPs to disclose all income they receive from second jobs and how much time they devote to them.”

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BBC News, 1st July 2009

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Shot boss wins £160,000 payment – BBC News

Posted June 25th, 2009 in contract of employment, news, remuneration by sally

“The boss of an overseas firm who was shot four times and seriously injured, and sacked by his employer on the same day, has won a £160,000 pay claim.”

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BBC News, 24th June 2009

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Ainsworth and Others v Inland Revenue Commissioners – Times Law Reports

Posted June 15th, 2009 in holiday pay, law reports, remuneration, sick leave by sally

Ainsworth and Others v Inland Revenue Commissioners

House of Lords

“Employees entitled to statutory holiday pay were also entitled to claim its non-payment as an unlawful deduction from wages.”

Times Law Reports, 15th June 2009

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Stringer and others v HM Revenue and Customs (On appeal from Inland Revenue Comrs v Ainsworth and others) – WLR Daily

Posted June 11th, 2009 in holiday pay, law reports, remuneration, sick leave, working time by sally

Stringer and others v HM Revenue and Customs (On appeal from Inland Revenue Comrs v Ainsworth and others [2009] UKHL 31; [2009] WLR (D) 178

“Employees were entitled to complain of the non-payment of statutory holiday pay as an unlawful deduction from wages pursuant to ss 13 and 23 of the Employment Rights Act 1996 as well as under regs 13 and 16 or 14 of the Working Time Regulations 1998.”

WLR Daily, 10th June 2009

Source: www.lawreports.co.uk

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Commissioners for Revenue and Customs v Annabel’s (Berkeley Square) Ltd and Others – Times Law Reports

Posted May 13th, 2009 in law reports, remuneration, service charges by sally

Commissioners for Revenue and Customs v Annabel’s (Berkeley Square) Ltd and Others

Court of Appeal

“Restaurant employers were not entitled to use discretionary tips, gratuities and service charges paid by customers to waiters and bar staff by card or cheque made out to the employer and subsequently transmitted to the workers by a tronc system to top up the pay of their employees to the national minimum wage.”

The Times, 13th May 2009

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Minimum wage up to £5.80 an hour – BBC News

Posted May 12th, 2009 in news, remuneration by sally

“The UK minimum wage will rise by 7p to £5.80 an hour from October, the government has announced.”

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BBC News, 12th May 2009

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Revenue and Customs Commissioners v Annabel’s (Berkeley Square) Ltd and others – WLR Daily

Posted May 11th, 2009 in law reports, remuneration, service charges by sally

Revenue and Customs Commissioners v Annabel’s (Berkeley Square) Ltd and others; [2009] WLR (D) 149

Money payments made in the form of discretionary service charges by customers to waiters and bar staff by credit or debit card or by cheque, and collected by the proprietor/employer to be transmitted to employees via a ‘tronc’ system (an arrangement for the pooling and distribution to employees), administered by an employee called ‘troncmaster’, did not count towards an employee’s remuneration within the meaning of reg 30(a) of the National Minimum Wage Regulations 1999, to meet the requirement of s 1 of the National Minimum Wage Act 1998.”

WLR Daily, 8th May 2009

Source: www.lawreports.co.uk 

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Mayfair nightclub Annabel’s fined over tips system – The Times

Posted May 8th, 2009 in news, remuneration, VAT by sally

“A prestigious Mayfair nightclub lost a court battle with the taxman yesterday over a tips system that benefited customers and staff.”

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The Times, 8th May 2009

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Fair tipping law ‘won’t cost waiters their jobs’ – The Independent

Posted May 5th, 2009 in news, remuneration by sally

“The restaurant trade’s warning that 45,000 jobs could be lost when ministers outlaw the use of tips to top up the earnings of staff paid less than the minimum wage has been rejected by an official government study.”

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The Independent, 5th May 2009

Source: www.independent.co.uk

Legal aid payments – Ministry of Justice

Posted May 1st, 2009 in legal aid, legal profession, press releases, remuneration by sally

“The annual list of the highest paid solicitors firms and barristers from legal aid in 2007/08 has been published on the Ministry of Justice website.”

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Ministry of Justice, 30th April 2009

Source: www.justice.gov.uk

British Airways plc v Williams and Others – Times Law Reports

Posted April 28th, 2009 in airlines, law reports, remuneration, working time by sally

British Airways plc v Williams and Others

Court of Appeal

“An airline which based its paid annual leave rate for pilots on their basic salary rather than on what they might be expected actually to earn, including supplements, was not in breach of the statutory holiday pay requirements.”

The Times, 28th April 2009

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Sinclair and Another v Glatt and Others – Times Law Reports

Posted April 16th, 2009 in assets recovery, expenses, law reports, receivers, remuneration by sally

Sinclair and Another v Glatt and Others

Court of Appeal

“A court-appointed receiver could have a lien on the property held in a convict’s name even though he had only a bare legal interest in it. A pending financial relief claim of the former wife of the convict had no priority over the receiver’s lien.”

The Times, 16th April 2009

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

British Airways plc v Williams and others – WLR Daily

Posted April 7th, 2009 in airlines, law reports, remuneration, working time by sally

British Airways plc v Williams and others [2009] EWCA Civ 281; [2009] WLR (D) 126

“An airline which had paid its pilots during the period of their ‘paid annual leave’ by reference to their basic salary, rather than the pay they might expect to earn, including supplements, during a working week, was not in breach of the applicable statutory requirements as to payment of such paid annual leave.”

WLR Daily, 6th April 2009

Source: www.lawreports.co.uk

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Sinclair v Glatt and others – WLR Daily

Posted March 17th, 2009 in assets recovery, expenses, law reports, receivers, remuneration by sally

Sinclair v Glatt and others [2009] EWCA Civ 176; [2009] WLR (D) 97

“A receiver appointed pursuant to s 77 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 to get in the assets of a convicted money launderer was entitled to recover his remuneration, costs and expenses from the realisable assets caught by the order. That right extended to assets to which the convicted person had legal title but which were beneficially owned by someone else.”

WLR Daily, 16th March 2009

Source: www.lawreports.co.uk

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Unpublished research confirms bar earnings divide – Law Society’s Gazette

Posted March 6th, 2009 in barristers, news, remuneration by sally

“Widely held suspicions that white male barristers earn far more than their female and ethnic-minority colleagues have been confirmed by unpublished research commissioned by the Bar Council.”

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Law Gazette’s Gazette, 5th March 2009

Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk

Trader who received £1.2m bonus can sue for extra £100,000, court rules – The Times

Posted February 12th, 2009 in jurisdiction, news, remuneration, tribunals by sally

“A City trader who is suing his employer claiming that he was underpaid £100,000 after receiving a £1.2 million bonus has won the right to continue his case.”

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The Times, 11th February 2009

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Bankers consider legal action over bonuses – The Times

Posted February 10th, 2009 in news, remuneration by sally

“Banks could face legal action by disgruntled workers if they are denied bonuses, a leading employment lawyer said.”

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The Times, 10th February 2009

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Freshfields puts the brake on spiral of law salaries – The Times

Posted February 10th, 2009 in law firms, news, remuneration by sally

“Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, one of Britain’s oldest law firms, yesterday called a ceasefire in a pay war in which starting salaries for City lawyers have risen to more than £90,000.”

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The Times, 10th February 2009

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Call to stop ex-ministers cashing in on contacts – The Independent

Posted January 5th, 2009 in news, parliament, remuneration by sally

“Former ministers can exploit loose and ambiguous guidelines on lobbying to cash in ‘with impunity’ on their inside knowledge of Westminster, a Commons committee warns.”

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The Independent, 5th January 2009

Source: www.independent.co.uk