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March 2016
 
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Gender pay gap reporting requirements announced

On Friday 12 February 2016, the Government announced new gender pay gap reporting requirements. These are expected to come into force in October 2016. The first gender pay gap reports must be published by April 2018.

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Brexit – rumours and realities

The UK government has announced that the Brexit referendum will take place on 23 June 2016. Since the government renegotiated membership of the EU this has clarified what a vote to stay “in” will mean, but the precise impact of a vote for Brexit remains uncertain. To help you assess the potential implications, we have prepared an interactive infographic – click here to see it. For more information, visit our Constitutional Change micro site which includes a link to our recent note, Brexit – rumours and realities.

   

 
 
 
 
 
Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 (SBEE): more updates

In this article we look at the revisions made to the 'final' non-statutory guidance on the PSC register, a clarification to the PSC legislation and new measures covering director disputes and registered office disputes.

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Modern Slavery Act 2015 (the Act)

The requirement for an annual modern slavery and human trafficking statement by all commercial organisations carrying on business in the UK with a turnover of £35 million or more comes into effect for financial years ending on or after 31 March 2016.  The government's statutory guidance recommends that organisations report within six months of the end of the financial year which means the first reports should be published by the end of September 2016.  For more details on the UK Disclosure requirements under the Act and the statutory guidance please click here for our detailed client note.

Picking up the baton – new review of women on boards

The government has announced the formation of a new review body to follow on from the Davies Review of women on boards. The Hampton review will focus on increasing representation of women at the executive level of FTSE 350 companies.

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BIS consultation on UK implementation of the non-financial reporting directive


BIS has issued a consultation paper asking for views on the implementation into UK law of the EU non-financial reporting directive.

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Takeover Panel consults on Code changes concerning the communication and distribution of information


The Takeover Panel has published a consultation paper proposing changes to provisions of the Takeover Code which deal with the communication and distribution of information and opinions during an offer (PCP 2016/1). The consultation closes on 15 April 2016.

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Aspects of Market Abuse Regulation affected by proposed change to MIFID II date

The Market Abuse Regulation (MAR) refers to concepts that will be introduced by MiFID II, such as organised trading facilities (OTFs), small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) growth markets, and emission allowances or auctioned products based on them. MAR states that its provisions will not apply to those concepts until 3 January 2017. This was the scheduled date of entry into application of MiFID II. However, on 10 February 2016, the European Commission published a draft directive to delay this by 12 months to 3 January 2018. The Commission has, therefore, also published a draft regulation to amend, amongst other things, MAR, so that its provisions will not apply to the above concepts until 3 January 2018.

 
 

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