Benefits

New and updated

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  Employment law cases

  EAT rules that implied term prevented dismissal of employee with long-term disability cover

  In Awan v ICTS UK Ltd, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) held that an implied term of the contract of employment prohibited the employer from dismissing the employee for medical capability while he was entitled to receive long-term disability benefits.

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  FAQs

  Can employers still operate a childcare voucher scheme following the introduction of Tax-free Childcare?

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  Policies and procedures

  Company car policy

  A model company car policy, which deals with taxing, insuring, repairing and maintaining the car, electing for a car allowance in lieu, and the arrangements on termination of employment..

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  How to

  How to introduce and manage a flexible benefits scheme

  Updated to reflect the current rate of employer national insurance contributions. 

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  FAQs

  What is the Tax-free Childcare scheme?

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  FAQs

  What is the role of employers in the Tax-free Childcare scheme?

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  FAQs

  When calculating their gender pay gap, how should employers deal with salary-sacrifice arrangements, benefits in kind and loans to employees?

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  Employment law cases

  No requirement to offer childcare vouchers via salary sacrifice during maternity leave

  The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has held that it is not discriminatory for an employer that offers childcare vouchers in return for a deduction from pay to cease to offer the vouchers during maternity leave.

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  FAQs

  Where an employer provides company cars to its employees, is it obliged to make the cars no-smoking areas under the smoke-free legislation?

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  Employment law cases

  Case round-up

  John Bracken and Nancy Goldman-Edwards are trainee solicitors and Chris McAvoy, Lucy Sorell and Rachael Wake are associates at Addleshaw Goddard LLP. They round up the latest rulings.