Custom & Practice - Redundancy Payments
Friday 28th March 2014Custom & Practice - Redundancy payments - the custom and practice of an employer can insert unwritten implied terms into a contract of employment. In the recent case of Peacock Stores v Peregrine an …
Answer the question! Discrimination Questionnaires
Friday 7th March 2014Discrimination Questionnaires to be abolished on 06/04/14. The discrimination questionnaire procedure provided a useful weapon for a claimant prior to issue of a claim in the Employment Tribunal to o…
Reasonable Adjustments & Disability
Friday 7th March 2014Jobcentre Plus v Jamil - Reasonable Adjustments and Time Limits - a claim needs to be brought within 3 months minus one day of the refusal to make a reasonable adjustment. However, in this case, the …
Open the Floodgates!!!
Friday 28th February 2014Open the floodgates - employment issues arising from the recent floods & severe weather -
Normally absence in severe weather conditions is considered to be an unauthorised absence. However, employer…
Binding Pre Nups - not just for the rich and famous
Thursday 27th February 2014Currently married couples and civil partners can makeagreements pre or post marriage or civil partnership but they may not be upheldby a court when coming to the division of their assets.
The la…
Gifts to Charities in Wills
Thursday 27th February 2014Did you know that onlyapproximately 12% of people remember a charity in their Will according toresearch by Foresters.
The most popular being Cancer charities and as a nationof pet lovers, …
Will you be sure ...
Tuesday 25th February 2014.... who is dealing with your affairs - always use a fully insured and regulated specialist solicitor
Frustration of Employment Contracts
Friday 21st February 2014Frustration of Contract - Ill health dismissals - if an employee is on long term sick leave can an employer simply dismiss as it would be impossible for that employee to perform their contractual obl…
Fire & Forget
Monday 17th February 2014Fire & Forget - dismissal without tears -
Employers can fret about dismissing an employee. However, you can terminate employment legally whilst minimising risk.
Employees who commenced employment…
The Green Deal
Friday 7th February 2014The Green Deal (GD) commenced on the 28th January2013 and is the new government initiative designed to help business and homeowners to employ more green technologies in their properties. The idea…
Help to Buy Scheme
Friday 3rd January 2014The second part of the government-backedHELP TO BUY scheme, which aims to help people to buy a home, is set to go live thismonth.
The scheme will be available to bothfirst-time buyers and tho…
Answer to the Festive Quiz ....
Wednesday 11th December 2013.... 61 - surprising indeed
