Employment
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Now furlough has ended…
End of Furlough Legal Advice The UK’s Furlough Scheme Has Ended… What Now? Around 11.6 million jobs have been supported by the Coronaviru...
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Fire and Re-hire – Where do employers stand?
Fire and re-hire is an approach used by employers to dismiss and then offer to re-engage employees on often less favourable terms and con...
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Tricky Issue – Changing Terms of Employment
As businesses seek to move past the challenges brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic, many are considering new or revised ways to conti...
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The coronavirus fallout – dealing with redundancies
The chancellor announced on 29 April that more than four million employees have been furloughed – download our previous guidance no...
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Settlement Agreements – 5 top tips for employees
Recent weeks have been very challenging for employees. Around two million have been furloughed by their employers. Others are faced with ...
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What is a reasonable settlement agreement and what should I do if I...
Have you been presented with a settlement agreement by your employer and told to find a solicitor and obtain legal advice on the contents...
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Settlement agreements rather than furloughing? Five top tips for em...
Many employers have opted to furlough their staff, but the reality is that some have had to make the difficult decision to make staff red...
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Tips on guiding your business through the coronavirus crisis
On Tuesday 14th April and Thursday 16th April, solicitors from our Employment and Corporate & Commercial teams ran two “Tips on guidi...
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Coronavirus: new right to holiday carry over and further Government...
Workers (including those on zero hours contracts) can now carry forward up to 4 weeks of untaken statutory leave into the next two years ...
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The implications of coronavirus for your staff
The spread of coronavirus means that businesses are having to deal with unique work situations and put in place business continuity plans...
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New right to parental bereavement leave
New right to parental bereavement leave From 6 April 2020, employees will be entitled to take parental bereavement leave (PBL) following ...
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Is your business ready for a change?
This is an issue of relevance to our corporate clients wanting to ensure their businesses are sufficiently agile to adapt to market chang...
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Holiday pay for term time only workers should not be pro-rated to f...
Holiday entitlement is a sensitive issue for workers and those employed part time often feel they are losing out. The recent Court of Ap...
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Warning to employers of the risks of stereotypical assumptions
Tribunal cases where claims of unlawful discrimination have succeeded because of stereotypical assumptions by the decision-maker, rather ...
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Speaking confidentially….
Having effective post termination obligations protecting your business to include your customer connections, skilled employees and confid...
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Working through the menopause
The symptoms of the menopause can by physical (e.g. hot flushes, migraines, skin irritation) but also psychological (e.g. lack of concent...