Employment
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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...
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How mental ill health can become an issue at work
On World Mental Health Day 2019 we look at some astonishing facts and figures surrounding mental health in the workplace. Joanne explores...
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Can an employee be dismissed for secretly recording a meeting at work?
It is very easy indeed with the advent of mobiles phones for an employee to secretly record a disciplinary or other internal meeting on t...
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The truth about ‘Non-Disclosure Agreements’ and ‘Confidentiality Cl...
‘Non-Disclosure Agreements’ (NDA’s) and Confidentiality Agreements have been mentioned in the news a lot recently particularly in connect...
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Round-up of family friendly rights August 2019
Elizabeth Maxwell, Solicitor in our Employment team has reviewed some of the headline hitting developments in family friendly rights over...
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Firing Senior Executives – Top Tips
In this article our Employment team set out factors to be considered when terminating the employment of a senior executive. Following a t...
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Employers face tougher rules on recording working hours
Businesses could face legal action if they do not properly record all hours actually worked by workers, including authorised overtime, sa...
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A one-off act of harassment could be more costly than you think!
Compensation for acts of discrimination in employment is uncapped and includes an element for injury to feelings. The recent case of Base...
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Thoughts from China: UK investment, immigration and tax
Morrisons Solicitors Partner Catherine Fisher along with WSM Advisors Partner Simon Marsh, reflect on the biggest questions they were ask...
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EuropeFides China Roadshow: Doing Business and Investing in the UK
In June, Morrisons Partners Catherine Fisher undertook a week-long roadshow across China, presenting on the topic of “Doing business and ...
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Don’t leave it to the judges to protect your business!
The Supreme Court has recently heard its first employment case on restrictive covenants for a hundred years. The landmark 2019 case of Ti...
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Last chance saloon: employers can be liable even if only aware of a...
Employers sometimes only discover that an employee has a disability at a disciplinary or even appeal hearing. This is most common with m...
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Employer’s decision to dismiss an employee for “purely personal rea...
In Hare Wine Ltd v Kaur and anor the Court of Appeal held that an employee dismissed on the day of a TUPE transfer on the pretext of diff...