The UK Supreme Court has ruled that government-imposed employment tribunal fees were unlawful as they prevented access for people enforcing their statutory employment rights. These fees have now been stopped and the government will not have to refund for fees …
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Germany’s laws on employee participation giving staff based in the country the right to vote for half of the membership of its supervisory board do not contravene the EU’s law on the free movement of people, the European Court of …
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The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has launched a consultation on proposals to create a new category within its premium listing regime to cater for companies controlled by a shareholder that is a sovereign country.
Last February the FCA launched …
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The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) has required listed companies to have at least one woman director within three years which it said would lead to a doubling of the number of female directors in the country.
The …
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The UK needs to implement corporate governance reform as part of plans to boost the economy as it leaves the EU according to the Institute for Public Policy Research’s (IPPR) Commission on Economic Justice that is rethinking economic policy for …
Read MoreRetailer Sports Direct which has been under intense scrutiny from investors, politicians and the media for over a year due to perceived corporate governance failings and criticisms of its working practices has appointed a permanent finance director.
Jon Kempster will …
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Australia’s Financial Services Council (FSC) which represents the country’s fund management and pensions industry has launched an Internal Governance and Asset Stewardship Standard for investment managers and asset owners.
This is the first stewardship code introduced in Australia and the …
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Michael McCauley, Senior Officer – Investment Programs & Governance State Board of Administration (SBA) of Florida, which runs the assets of the state’s pensions funds, has taken over from Triodos’ Erik Breen as chair of the International Corporate Governance
Trade union bodies, the TUC and the GMB, commented that they would have liked more radical proposals from Matthew Taylor and his team in his Good Work report reviewing modern employment practices that were published last week.
The Taylor …
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