Top 10 Consultancy Services Headlines from All Regions The World Economic Forum’s Consumer Industries community is pleased to present this report as part of the Sustainability for Tomorrow’s Consumer initiative. Under the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 (more commonly known as TUPE), employees are automatically transferred when there is a relevant transfer. HR is at a turning point. For a decade now it has been undergoing a process of transformation. The legislation, introducing the Senior Accounting Officer (SAO) measures, places personal accountability on senior financial officers in relation to accounting arrangements that support the basis of various UK tax filings. Today, the Federal Reserve published in the Federal Register proposed guidance on incentive compensation policies at banking organizations (the “Guidance”). The recent decision of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice in 405341 Ontario Limited v. Midas Canada Inc. (Midas) calls into question several common practices of franchisors in Canada. Following a 2005 PricewaterhouseCoopers study conducted for the Australian Local Government Association, a backlog of $14.5 billion in infrastructure renewals was identified. On 8 July 2009, HM Treasury’s White Paper entitled ‘Reforming financial markets’ (the ‘White Paper’) was published. The ACCC has consistently stated that Franchisors cannot circumvent the Code by simply claiming that the agreement is not a franchise agreement. On October 22, 2009, the Federal Reserve Board (the "Board") issued supervisory guidance ("Proposed Guidance") designed to ensure that the incentive compensation policies of banking organizations do not undermine the safety and soundness of those organizations. | 
