News
Tis the season to be temporary!!!
- Categories: Employment, Employment for your business
- Posted: Tuesday 4th December 2012
Our employment specialist Sophie Nettleton guides you through the Christmas period of casual staffing Status of casual workers The main issue to be aware of with casual workers that you take on directly over...
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Shares for employee rights?
- Categories: Your business, Corporate & Commercial, Employment, Employment for your business
- Posted: Tuesday 13th November 2012
Proposals for employees to give up some employment rights in exchange for shares have been put forward by the Government - this will give employees the option of becoming ‘employee owners’....
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Full maternity leave for fathers
- Categories: Your business, Employment, Employment for your business
- Posted: Tuesday 13th November 2012
Employment law specialist, Sophie Pelham, was at today’s press conference by Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg, when he announced that parents will be able to share leave after a child’s birth in...
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£254,787.54 – is this the cost of employing...
- Categories: Employment, Employment for your business
- Posted: Tuesday 17th April 2012
It was for two members of the Saudi Royal Family who were between them ordered to pay £254,787.54 to two Sudanese domestic workers after being found by a UK Employment Tribunal to have subjected them...
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Redundancy: the art of choosing an appropriate...
- Categories: Employment, Employment for your business
- Posted: Wednesday 11th April 2012
Sophie Pelham, examines recent clarification in the law on an employer’s choice of selection pool in a redundancy exercise. Careful consideration needs to be given by employers, where they are...
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Changes in employment law from April 2012
- Categories: Your business, Employment, Employment for your business
- Posted: Tuesday 10th April 2012
Joanne Kavanagh sets out employment law changes in force from April 2012 Unfair dismissal The qualifying period for unfair dismissal will increase from one to two years for employees appointed on/after 6...
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The pitfalls when providing references for...
- Categories: Employment, Employment for your business
- Posted: Tuesday 10th April 2012
Sofia Syed, Associate Solicitor, warns of the pitfalls when providing references for employees… If you’re an employer, it pays to have a policy in place on providing references. While the...
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Is your organisation ready for the year of sport?
- Categories: Employment, Employment for your business
- Posted: Wednesday 8th February 2012
With 2012 being the most exciting year for sport in decades, employers are asking themselves how to deal with situations such as several employees asking for the same time off, whether to allow employees to...
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Stress and long term sickness management
- Categories: Your business, Employment, Employment for your business
- Posted: Wednesday 8th February 2012
Sofia Syed explores a recent report which has presented a compelling case to change the current sickness absence system to assist employers. Also our top tips from the report for employers. The case of...
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Employment tribunal award limits and statutory rates...
- Categories: Employment, Employment for your business
- Posted: Wednesday 8th February 2012
Tribunal compensation pay out limits are set to increase along with statutory payments for maternity, paternity, redundancy and sick pay. From 1st February* the maximum compensatory award for unfair...
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