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Global Insight – Earthmoving Industry Report
The Earthmoving Equipment report will help OEMs, component manufacturers, suppliers, market analysts, research institutions, as well as investment and management consultants, understand the changes underway in the earthmoving equipment industry. The report describes recent and future regional markets, marketing approaches, major equipment types, technologies and trends driving equipment design, the two leading manufacturers, and effects on the global industry. It includes profiles of the 30-largest manufacturers, presenting the strategy, structure, financial performance, and business outlook of each. Click
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E-learning VAT Directive
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Maternity / Paternity Leave
The Government has confirmed its plans to allow parents to share a mother’s maternity leave. The Department of Business, Innovation and Skills plans to allow mothers who return to work to transfer their unused maternity leave to the father. This would entitle fathers to take up to six months’ paternity leave, of which three months would be paid, and three months unpaid. Currently, fathers are entitled to just two weeks paternity leave. Under the Government’s proposals, the new scheme would take effect from 3 April 2011, with the requisite laws being in place by April 2010. Click
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Changes to the Pay as You Earn
(PAYE) System are Imminent
HM Customs & Revenue reminds employers that, from this year, they must file their Employer Annual Returns online by the 19 May deadline – there will no longer be a paper filing option for small employers with fewer than 50 staff. Small employers must register to use the HMRC PAYE Online system, available
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New Fit Notes Replace Sick Notes
With effect from 6 April 2010, a new medical “fit note” will replace the current “sick note”. The new fit note will state whether the patient is not fit for work or
may be fit for work taking into account specific advice. Fit notes will generally run for a maximum period of three months (unless the individual has already been off sick for six months). The form of the new “statement of fitness for work” is contained in the regulations, which bring the changes into force. Click
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Fines for Data Protection Breaches
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has been given new power to levy fines of up to £500,000 directly in respect of serious breaches of the Data Protection Act. The new right comes into force on 6 April 2010. The ICO has also issued guidance on how it will exercise its new power. Click
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