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resources
These resources are maintained, meaning that we monitor developments on a regular
basis and update them as soon as possible.
| 1 | Pay and benefits: toolkit A toolkit to guide users through key maintained PLC content on pay and benefits, including links to all the relevant materials. | Practice note: overview | Maintained |
| 2 | Bonuses A note explaining the possible types of bonus scheme, the obligations to disclose directors' bonus arrangements, corporate governance issues relevant to bonuses, and bonus issues on termination of employment. It also deals with equal opportunities issues, including the effect of maternity leave on bonus entitlement. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 3 | Maternity pay and benefits A practice note dealing with pay and benefits during maternity leave, including statutory maternity pay (SMP), contractual maternity pay, pay rises, bonuses, pensions and other contractual entitlements. For detailed information on other aspects of pregnancy and maternity leave, see Practice note, Pregnancy and maternity leave: the legal framework. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 4 | National minimum wage A note on the national minimum wage covering who is entitled to the NMW, how to determine whether the NMW has been paid, including what does and does not count towards NMW pay, and how working time is measured for the purposes of the NMW. The note also deals with the penalties for failure to pay the NMW and the remedies available to workers who have not been paid the NMW. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 5 | Pensions for employment lawyers An outline of the pensions issues that may be encountered by employment lawyers in their practice. The note explains the various types of pension schemes and their tax treatment, as well as looking at the pensions aspects of transactions. Links are also given to further practice notes dealing with pensions in the employment contract, compensation for pension loss, changing pensions terms and discrimination in providing pensions. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 6 | Pensions in the employment contract This practice note looks at the typical provisions in an employment contract that relate to pensions and the legal issues that arise when employers want to make changes to pensions terms. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 7 | Pensions issues on a TUPE transfer A note on the issues that arise in relation to pension arrangements on a relevant transfer which is subject to the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006. For a discussion of the case law affecting this area, see Practice note, TUPE: pensions cases. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 8 | Salary sacrifice arrangements This practice note is a guide to the use of salary and bonus sacrifice arrangements. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 9 | Unlawful deductions from wages This note outlines the protection given to workers in relation to deductions from their wages under the Employment Rights Act 1996 and explores some of the key issues raised by the legislation. | Practice notes | Maintained |