Corporate Diversity: Law, targets and Corporate Governance Good Corporate Governance, and simple business sense, both acknowledge that it is crucial for boards to have the right balance of skills, knowledge and experience as well as gender, racial, and other forms, of diversity.
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee report on Corporate Governance On Wednesday, 5 April 2017, the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee issued a report as output to its Inquiry on Corporate Governance launched on 16 September 2016.
Technology’s role in data protection The introduction of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) from May 2018 will deliver a fundamental change in how personal data must be handled.
The good parenting guide A CEOs perspective of subsidiary governance. Incoming CEOs face a variety of challenges including defining group strategy, assessing corporate culture, building management teams, apprasing financial performance and protecting and enhancing reputation.
How does Brexit impact the UK’s participation in the Capital Markets Union project? The Capital Markets Union ('CMU') is the European Commission's plan to mobilise capital in Europe to encourage sustainable growth. In the first of two articles PwC Legal explains the CMU and examines the potential impact of Brexit on the CMU project.
The future of the Capital Markets Union, will the UK participate? In our first article we explained the Capital Markets Union (‘CMU’) and highlighted some of the immediate issues raised by Brexit. We now turn our attention to the future and the likelihood of the UK's continued participation in the CMU.
Challenges of subsidiary governance for incoming CEOs in the financial services sector Governance is firmly under the spotlight in the fi nancial services sector. In its broadest sense, governance is a method or system of government or management. Within the banking sector, the focus on governance encompasses roles, responsibilities, accountability, remuneration, risk governance and, with increasing prominence, structural or subsidiary governance.
Employment Appeal Tribunal confirms holiday pay calculation is much wider than basic pay The Employment Appeal Tribunal has confirmed that all "normal remuneration" and not just base pay must be reflected in the holiday pay calculation for the first 4 weeks of each British worker's holiday taken in any holiday year.
Government confirms details of mandatory gender pay reporting Following a consultation which concluded in September 2015, the Government has now published the draft Equality Act 2010 (Gender Pay Gap Information) Regulations 2016 (the “Regulations”) setting out details of new measures which will come into force in October 2016 and require compulsory gender pay reporting by qualifying employers.
Are you prepared for the new Market Abuse Regulation? The scope for market abuse is due to expand with the introduction of the new Market Abuse regulation.