MPs have been warned that the Government’s planned lobbying bill, which will have its second hearing in the Commons next week, is “rushed legislation” that could attack free speech.
Changes To TUPE Regulations Pushed Back
The Government has announced that changes to the TUPE regulations originally intended for October this year are now likely to come into force in January 2014 instead.
Campaigners To Exploit Changes To Copyright Designs & Patents Act
Animal rights campaign group Peta has announced that it will exploit the changes to the UK’s strict parody laws when amendments to the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 are brought in later this year.
Trading Standards ‘Tip-Off’ Fear
New rules forcing officers to give notice of trading standards inspections could have “unintended consequences” for fraudsters, according to the Trading Standards Institute (TSI).
Changes In Employment Terms
On 1 September, a new kind of employment contract will be introduced; the employee-shareholder contract will mean that firms can give employees shares in the company worth between £2,000 and £50,000 in exchange for them giving up certain statutory UK employment rights.