Getty Images wins award for Communications Strategy of the Year

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( London , UK , 27th June 2008) Getty Images, the world’s leading creator and distributor of still imagery, footage and multi-media products, has won “Communications Strategy of the Year for “Organisations with fewer than 5000 Employees” in the Employee Benefits Awards for their innovative communications “MyChoice”.

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26 June 2008 - The Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust is rolling-out a ‘first of its kind’ patient-level resource management (PRM) system from COA Solutions (formerly CedarOpenAccounts). This new system, which uses barcode scanning technology and is costing in the region of £75,000, replaces inefficient and costly paper-based stock management processes.

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Jersey - Employment Forum Recommendations

Jersey flagEmployment Tribunal awards and family friendly rights
On 17 June 2008, the Employment Forum presented its latest recommendations on two employment topics to the Social Security Minister. The first relates to new powers for the Employment Tribunal when making awards to employees who have been unfairly dismissed. The second recommends maternity, paternity and family friendly working rights.

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UK flagThere are a number of different structures governing the interest that HMRC charges on late payments of tax and pays out on overpayments, the framework and legislation for which were inherited from the Inland Revenue and HM Customs and Excise. As many taxpayers, particularly businesses, interact with HMRC across a range of taxes, HMRC is concerned that the differences are viewed as adding unnecessary complexity and burdens to the tax system.

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UK flagThere are a number of different penalty structures across the taxes and duties administered by HMRC, the framework and legislation for which were inherited from the Inland Revenue and HM Customs and Excise. As many taxpayers, particularly businesses, interact with HMRC across a range of taxes, HMRC is concerned that the differences are viewed as adding unnecessary complexity and burdens to the tax system.

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Republic of Ireland - Audit and Investigation Settlements

Republic of Ireland flagRevenue publishes Defaulters List
The issue of Iris OifigiĂșil dated 24 June 2008 contains details of published audit /investigation settlements completed by Revenue in the period 1 January 2008 to 31 March 2008.

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UK flagA new comprehensive Double Taxation Convention between the United Kingdom and France was signed in London on 19 June 2008. The Convention will enter into force once both countries have completed their Parliamentary procedures and it will replace the existing Convention which dates from 1968.

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Wage-fixing machinery in the agricultural industry in Scotland has been in place in various forms since 1917. The Agricultural Wages (Scotland) Act 1949 consolidated the regulatory Acts of 1937 and 1940 and provided for the establishment of the Scottish Agricultural Wages Board (SAWB). Under the 1949 Act and its subsequent amendments, the Scottish Agricultural Wages Board is empowered to make Orders fixing minimum wage rates, holiday entitlement and other conditions of service for agricultural workers in Scotland.

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2nd Excellence in Talent Management Case Studies Conference

Teneo Events 25th & 26th September 2008
Location: Barcelona - Hotel AB SKIPPER

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(London, UK, 25th June 2008) The Lawn Tennis Association (LTA), the governing body of British tennis, has launched online Total Reward Statements for its colleagues to coincide with the highlight of the tennis year, the Wimbledon Championships 2008.

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