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Key Issues: Legislation: Tax Finally, a number of reports have suggested that we will see moves by HMRC to encourage anyone with undeclared income, particularly in an offshore account, to regularise their position. While this is in no way specifically aimed at the hotel industry, one could imagine that some people in the industry will be affected. Anyone who did find themselves in this net should undoubtedly seek professional advice. In short, tax is an issue that needs careful management in the hotel industry, not least because it is an area that is subject to constant change. March 2007 Hotel Report Guide to UK Hotels l © William Reed Publishing 42
Legislation: Employment law Key Issues: Legislation: Employment law by Simon Jeffreys, Employment Law Partner, CMS Cameron Mckenna LLP As ever 2007 will see its share of changes in employment law on the two appointed commencement dates, 6th April and 1st October. But this year may be remarkable, because the biggest change in employment law isn’t an employment law measure and won’t impact on either of those dates. Of course, it’s the ban on smoking in public places which is effective on 1 July 2007 in England, but which has been in force in Scotland since last summer and will be in force in Wales from 2 April. And then of course there are those nasty surprises. Some of these will inevitably spring from case law decisions in our own courts or the European Court of Justice, but often they come from our own government: for example, the surprise announcement in January that penalties of about £220 per employee will be levied for default in complying with an HMRC order to pay arrears of national minimum wages within seven days. So what can we predict? The more important new employment laws to note are mentioned below, in chronological order. On 1 February 2007, the financial limits on certain employment claims went up. The weekly pay limit, principally for statutory redundancy pay but also for unfair dismissal among other rights, increased from £290 to £310. The maximum compensatory award for unfair dismissal went up from £58,400 to £60,600. These changes apply to dismissals on or after 1 February rather than to claims heard by the Employment Tribunal on or after 1 February. Increased maternity rights will apply to mothers whose expected week of childbirth (or date of adoption) falls on or after 1 April 2007. Broadly, the right will be a total of 12 months maternity absence of which the first nine months will be paid. From 6 April 2007, it will be unlawful to discriminate on the grounds of religion or belief or sexual orientation in the provision of goods and services. Employers will be vicariously liable for the discriminatory acts of their employees towards actual or potential customers. Therefore, employers will need to train and instruct employees not to discriminate, in order to ensure compliance or at least to mitigate liability for paying compensation to customers or potential customers by endeavouring to show that they took all reasonably practicable steps to prevent discrimination. That would include disciplining and ultimately dismissing any staff breaking the law. Refusing to serve someone because they are perceived to be, for example, gay, Hindu or vegetarian will therefore become illegal. Of course, this doesn’t mean, for example, that a temperance hotel must serve alcohol any more than a restaurant has to offer Kosher or Halal food. But it does mean a temperance hotel would be in trouble if it refused point blank allow a non-temperance potential customer to stay in the hotel. March 2007 Hotel Report Guide to UK Hotels l © William Reed Publishing 43
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