Employer Definition

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What does Employer mean?

Also known as the client or developer. The person for whom the works are undertaken under the contract'>building contract by the contractor. Sometimes, but not necessarily, the employer is the owner of the site.

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Basic scheme information from 6 April 2014—checklist

Basic scheme information from 6 April 2014—checklist THIS CHECKLIST APPLIES TO OCCUPATIONAL PENSION SCHEMES ON AND FROM 6 APRIL 2014 For information on the requirement to provide basic scheme information before 6 April 2014, see Practice Note: Occupational pension schemes—disclosure requirements before 6 April 2014—Basic scheme information (ARCHIVED) and Checklist: Basic scheme information before 6 April 2014—checklist [Archived]. Basic scheme information requirement Under the Occupational and Personal Pension Schemes (Disclosure of Information) Regulations 2013, SI 2013/2734 (the 2013 Disclosure Regulations), trustees of occupational pension schemes must provide basic scheme information to: • prospective members, and • members who have not already received such information within one month of the scheme receiving their jobholder information or, if no such information has been received, within two months of them joining the scheme. Basic scheme information must also be given at the request of any of the following persons: • a member or prospective member • their spouse or civil partner • a scheme beneficiary, or • a recognised trade union (ie a...

Checklist—The Diffuse Mesothelioma Payments Scheme

Checklist—The Diffuse Mesothelioma Payments Scheme This Checklist outlines the key aspects of the Diffuse Mesothelioma Payments Scheme which was set up in July 2014 to make payments to victims of mesothelioma who are unable to trace either a liable insurer or their employers’ liable insurer. The key aspects of the Diffuse Mesothelioma Payments Scheme are: Provision The law The detail Comment Eligible applicants Section 2 of the Mesothelioma Act 2014 (MA 2014) A claimant is eligible for payment if 'a relevant employer has negligently or in breach of statutory duty caused or permitted the person to be exposed to asbestos'The claimant must not have already brought a claim for damages against an insurer or employerThey must be 'unable to bring an action' because the employer or insurer 'cannot be found or no longer exists or for any other reason'The claimant must not have received damages or 'a specified payment' or be entitled to received such a payment in respect of their mesothelioma This eligibility criteria can be problematic for...

General Optical Council—fitness to practise proceedings

General Optical Council—fitness to practise proceedings Who is the General Optical Council (GOC) The General Optical Council (GOC) is a body corporate created by the Opticians Act 1989 (OA 1989) to have the general function of promoting high standards of professional education, conduct and performance with an over-arching objective of the protection of the public. The GOC role is to protect, promote and maintain: • the health, safety and well-being of the public • public confidence in the professions they regulate • professional standards and conduct for Registrants and prospective Registrants, and • proper standards and conduct for business Registrants This Practice Note provides a guide to GOC fitness to practise proceedings, investigations, and applications to be restored to the Register. The GOC regulates registered Optometrists as well as Dispensing Opticians. In this Practice Note a ‘Registrant’ is: • a registered Optometrist • dispensing Optician • student Optometrists, or • a Registered Business This Practice Note should be read in conjunction with Practice Notes: Common principles in fitness to practise...

The Lifetime ISA

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Indemnity clause—infringement of third party IP rights (consultant appointment)

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Clauses—medical examination, medical report and health screening

1 Medical examinations and reports 1.1 The Employer will have the right at any time[ after you have been absent from work for more than [insert number] working days (whether consecutive or in total) in any [consecutive [enter duration, eg 52-week] period OR sick pay year (which runs from [insert date] to [insert date]] ] to require you to undergo a medical examination by your medical practitioner or an independent medical practitioner selected by the Employer. 1.2 The Employer will usually also ask you to authorise the medical practitioner, as required by law and/or professional guidance:

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Under section 2(1) of the draft Insurable Interest Bill, is there a need for a life insured at the outset of the Policy to be valid? Does section 2(5) allow for categories of lives being insured, even if there are not lives in these categories? Does section 2(5) apply to all life policies or group life policies?

Under section 2(1) of the draft Insurable Interest Bill, is there a need for a life insured at the outset of the Policy to be valid? Does section 2(5) allow for categories of lives being insured, even if there are not lives in these categories? Does section 2(5) apply to all life policies or group life policies? For the purposes of this Q&A, it has been assumed that the question is are referring to the Insurable Interest Bill dated June 2018. In conducting our research we have focussed on the Insurable Interest Bill dated June 2018. For this answer, we refer you to the following resources: • June 2018 Draft Insurable Interest Bill • June 2018 Accompanying notes to the draft Insurable Interest Bill Under section 2(1) of the draft Insurable Interest Bill, does there need to be a life insured at the outset of the Policy to be valid? Section 2(1) of the draft Insurable Interest Bill (the Bill) states: ‘A contract of life-related insurance is void unless at...

Where a settlement agreement provides for the employer to make a contribution to the employee’s legal costs, payable direct to the employee’s law firm, can the law firm bring proceedings against the employer if it fails to pay?

Where a settlement agreement provides for the employer to make a contribution to the employee’s legal costs, payable direct to the employee’s law firm, can the law firm bring proceedings against the employer if it fails to pay? For information on: • the legal requirements that must be met for a settlement agreement to be binding and valid to settle statutory employment claims, see Practice Note: Settlement agreements in employment—legal requirements • the practical issues that typically arise in relation to a settlement agreement, see Practice Note: Settlement agreements in employment—practical and tax issues Contribution to legal costs A settlement agreement will typically provide for the employer to make a contribution to the employee’s legal costs. For general information on payment of legal fees incurred by an employee in relation to a settlement agreement generally, see the section of Practice Note: Settlement agreements in employment—practical and tax issues entitled ‘Payment for legal advice’. For a sample clause in the settlement agreement dealing with payment of legal fees, see Clause 13.2...

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The JCT Major Project Construction Contract 2024—what’s changed?

Construction analysis: On 16 October 2024, the Joint Contracts Tribunal (JCT) published the 2024 editions of its Major Project, Constructing Excellence, and Prime Cost Building contracts, along with their associated guides and sub-contracts. In this analysis, we focus on the Major Projects contract and sub-contract, and look at how these differ from their 2016 equivalents.

HMRC pulls reference to statutory neonatal care pay and leave from its October 2024 Employer Bulletin

Two days after the publication of the HMRC Employer Bulletin October 2024 (as reported by us in LNB News 16/10/2024 24 ‘Employer Bulletin: October 2024’), the article on 'Introduction of a new statutory allowance from April 2025 — Statutory Neonatal Care Pay and Leave' has been removed. The original article provided some brief details about the new allowance to statutory neonatal care leave and pay, and stated that from 6 April 2025 HMRC would begin to administer the new statutory allowance on behalf of the Department for Business and Trade. At this time, there is no further information about why that article has been removed.

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