Understanding your Employment Tribunal and what to expect
Understanding your Employment Tribunal and what to expect For many of us throughout our working life, although we may face disputes between colleagues or employers, it may not reach the stage where internal processes and procedures cannot resolve them. Unfortunately, this is not the case for everyone. When internal processes cannot resolve a dispute, it […]
Breach of contract solicitors: what to do if your employment contract is verbal?
Breach of contract solicitors: what to do if your employment contract is verbal? In our last post, we talked about breach of contract, and how an employment contract is a legally binding contract. But did you know that even if an employer fails to give an employee a written contract of employment, a contract can […]
Breach of contract solicitors offering advice when it counts
National Living Wage. The National Minimum Wage (Amendment) Regulations 2017 will come into force on 1 April 2017.
Covid-19 guidance for employers and employees
National Living Wage. The National Minimum Wage (Amendment) Regulations 2017 will come into force on 1 April 2017.
National Living Wage
National Living Wage. The National Minimum Wage (Amendment) Regulations 2017 will come into force on 1 April 2017.
Discrimination in the Workplace
Employers must be aware that they may be held liable for their employee’s alleged racist behaviour.
Employee shareholders
A new form of employment status, ’employee shareholders’, came into existence on 1 September 2013 (Updated May 2017)
The Equality Act 2010 (Brexit)
The Equality Act 2010 (EqA 2010) which implements the UK’s laws against discrimination is primary legislation, so would remain in force even if the legislation incorporates EU law (the European Communities Act 1972) is repealed.
Shared parental leave
The Children and Families Act 2014 (CFA 2014) inserts new provisions into Part 8 of the Employment Rights Act 1996 to introduce a new entitlement for employees who are parents, to take shared parental leave (SPL) in the first year of their child’s life or in the first year after their child’s placement for adoption.
Tribunal reform
Penalties