Jul 18, 2023 Positive changes to UK immigration rules – automatic extensions for those with Pre-Settled Status By Edward Reed Just before Christmas 2022, the High Court ruled against the Home Office on the legality of the two-step EU Settlement Scheme application...
May 11, 2023 Non-compete clauses to be capped at three months as the Government announces post-Brexit employment law measures By Tabitha Al-Mahdawie The Government has announced a number of employment law measures in its policy paper: Smarter Regulation to Grow the Economy. The...
Feb 14, 2023 CMA joins global competition authorities in focusing on compliance in labour markets By Rachel Carter Charlie Critchley Richard Pepper The CMA has issued a publication concerning competition law compliance in labour markets. The guidance, which was published last week,...
Oct 20, 2022 No joy for UK investors just yet as immigration rule changes are published By Edward Reed The Home Office tends to serve up major changes to the Immigration Rules twice a year, in Spring and Autumn, with emergency measures...
Sep 22, 2022 UK to begin roll-out of electronic travel authorisation programme from January 2023 By Edward Reed If you have ever travelled to the US as a visitor, you may be familiar with ESTAs. ESTA is a US government programme which allows you to...
Sep 05, 2022 Creating policies fit for purpose – hybrid working arrangements By Philip Swinburn Matthew Ramsey The Office of Tax Simplification (OTS) has released an open consultation on the emerging trends and tax implications of hybrid and...
Aug 12, 2022 Home Office resumes priority processing By Edward Reed Last week, I wrote about the issues the Home Office faces as a consequence of a surge of applications, a lack of caseworkers and the...
Aug 04, 2022 The impact of the war in Ukraine on the Home Office By Edward Reed The Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 created a refugee crisis as almost four million, mostly, women and children fled the...
Jul 28, 2022 Employment status – status quo By Philip Swinburn Matthew Ramsey The thorny question of whether someone is a worker, an employee or self-employed (for employment rights purposes) and an employee or...
May 26, 2022 Can't PAYE? We'll take it away! HMRC's discretion to disapply PAYE By Jackelyn West Jamie Golding In the recent decision of Hoey v HMRC EWCA Civ 656 (Hoey), the Court of Appeal confirmed that HMRC has a very wide discretion to disapply...
Apr 14, 2022 Challenges and opportunities for ESG-linked pay in 2022 By Lucy Urwin Last week Ras Berglund and I spoke at the ESOP Centre’s 2022 Share Schemes Symposium about the growing impact of ESG on executive...
Jan 27, 2022 Trading for visas: UK considers easing visa requirements for Indian nationals By Edward Reed When the UK left the UK-EU transition period on 31 December 2021, it ended free trade of goods and services with a trading bloc of 450m...
Nov 08, 2021 HMRC's focus on CJRS compliance grows now that support has come to an end By Jackelyn West 15 months ago, we wrote about HMRC’s announced plans to start recovery action of overpaid grants under the Coronavirus Job Retention...
Oct 27, 2021 UK Budget and immigration - Chancellor confirms 2022 high skilled visa plans By Edward Reed Today, the UK’s Chancellor of the Exchequer announced the Government’s fiscal plans for the immediate and near future. Amongst the tax...
Aug 26, 2021 Remote right to work checks to continue until 5 April 2022 By Edward Reed The UK Government has announced that the temporary concession on remote right to work checks will now continue until at least 5 April...
Aug 26, 2021 Brexit plus Covid-19 plus immigration policy equals acute labour shortages By Edward Reed Back in December 2020, just before the end of the Brexit transition period which marked the final withdrawal of the UK from the EU's...