Know your rights as an employer you’re faced with an employee breach of confidentiality
Know your rights as an employer you’re faced with an employee breach of confidentiality There is so much sensitive information in your business, and this needs protecting – not just for your businesses sake but for your clients and employees. By putting confidentiality clauses and restrictive covenants into your business, you can negate some of […]
Handling constructive dismissal effectively in the workplace
Handling constructive dismissal effectively in the workplace Managing personnel is one of the most essential tasks that an employer has to handle. If you mismanage the dismissal of an employee or neglect to do so, you can be liable to a whole range of legal claims, including constructive dismissal. Constructive dismissal is a term that […]
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 […]
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so would remain in force even if the legislation incorporates EU law (the European Communities Act 1972) is repealed.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.
Employment law advice and assistance
Employment law advice and assistance Overview of services Employment law is based on a mixture of contractual, common law and statutory rights. I am able to advise on appropriate terms before you enter into an employment contract and when things go wrong advise on the interpretation of contractual terms. If you have a dispute at work I can […]