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Contractor News Archive: November to December 2005
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| Employers Entitled To Dismiss Employees With Difficult Personalities | 03/11/2005 |
Court of Appeal hands down judgment in Perkin v St Georges Healthcare NHS Trust. It stands as authority for the proposition that employers are entitled to dismiss employees for having a difficult personality, even when they are technically good at their jobs and there are no criticisms of their integrity, on the grounds of 'some other substantial reason'.  |
| IR35 : Strengthening the Case | 10/11/2005 |
| Since the introduction in April 2000 of the Intermediaries Legislation, known as "IR35", the word "contract" seems to have been on everyone's lips. This is hardly surprising, because the IR35 legislation appears to be designed specifically to impose additional tax liabilities upon freelance companies that are contracted by their customers or clients to provide services, or sub-contracted to do so through other agencies. |
| Expert Group to Review Law on Corporate Homicide in Scotland | 22/11/2005 |
| Expert Group - set up by the Scottish Executive to review the law on corporate homicide in Scotland - recommends creating a new offence of corporate killing through recklessness. Under the proposed new offence, organisations whose actions or failure to put policies, practices and systems in place to ensure the health and safety of its employees and the public, could face prosecution if these actions result in death. This differs from the Home Office's proposals which will essentially build on the English common law of manslaughter. |
| Managing Stress is the Key to Success | 01/12/2005 |
| Stress in the workplace has established itself as one of the key issues for employers and their advisers with a number of high-profile cases in recent years. Employers need to take positive action to prevent it. |
| Pre-Budget Report | 01/12/2005 |
| Gordon Brown's Pre-Budget report has been scheduled for 5 December 2005. It is expected to contain nothing of festive cheer for small and medium-sized businesses, and even the previously triumphant Chancellor is expected to have to eat some humble pie. |
| Large Employers Play Scrooge … Small Employers Play Santa | 05/12/2005 |
| In a recent report undertaken by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development, less than 2% of large employers give employees any kind of bonus, gift or even a party during the festive period. Whist more than 13% of small employers are prepared to organise a party and provide some form of bonus or gift. |
| Gordon Will Fix It For You | 06/12/2005 |
| Now then, now then, Chancellor Brown has received several letters saying "Dear Gordon, can you please fix the corporation tax system for me". Goodness gracious, goodness gracious, but as it happens, yes he can. |
| Victory for Arctic Systems Ltd at the Court of Appeal | 23/12/2005 |
| Geoff Jones of Arctic Systems Ltd appealed to the Court of Appeal against the decision in the High Court to uphold the Inland Revenue's contention that the payment of dividends to Mr. Jones's wife fell foul of the Settlements Legislation (Section 660A). All three judges hearing the appeal decided that the Revenue's case was incorrect, on two major principles. |
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