Pay and benefits

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  Employment law cases

  National minimum wage: higher education exception for UK workers justified

  The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has held that a "higher education course" under the National Minimum Wage Regulations 1999 (SI 1999/584) relates to courses undertaken only in the UK and therefore disproportionately excludes foreign students and is indirectly discriminatory, but is justified as a proportionate means of preventing abuse of the national minimum wage system, which is a legitimate aim.

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  Employment law cases

  Case round-up

  Krishna Santra, Linda Quinn and Colin Makin are senior associates and Melissa Powys-Rodrigues and Dominic Speedie are associates at Colman Coyle Solicitors. They round up the latest rulings.

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  Employment law cases

  Holiday pay calculation must reflect commission worker would have received, says ECJ

  The European Court of Justice has held that a worker's commission payments must be included in the calculation of his or her holiday pay.

• Type:

  Employment law cases

  Case round-up

  David Malamatenios is a partner and Krishna Santra, Sandra Martins and Colin Makin are senior associates at Colman Coyle Solicitors. They round up the latest rulings.

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  FAQs

  Does the final salary payment for a worker who has died attract income tax and/or national insurance contributions?

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  How to

  How to introduce and manage a voluntary benefits scheme

  Practical guidance on setting up a voluntary benefits scheme as part of the organisation's reward strategy.

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  Employment law cases

  Case round-up

  Victoria Bell is managing associate and Gerri Hurst, Carly Mather and Andrew Nealey are associates and Eleanor Cittern is a trainee solicitor at Addleshaw Goddard LLP.

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  How to

  How to set up, manage and review a shift system

  Practical guidance on employing shift workers, including shift patterns; shift premiums; and night work.

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  FAQs

  Where an employer discovers an overpayment to an employee only after the employee has left the organisation, what are its options?

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  FAQs

  Where an employer has accidentally overpaid an employee, is the employer obliged to obtain the employee's written consent before making deductions from their salary to reclaim the overpaid amount?