Employment

March 5, 2024

Changes to holiday pay in 2024

This article sets out changes in the law relating to holiday pay, and your payroll team or payroll provider should already be…

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November 28, 2023

Me too – the Government addresses sexual harassment in the workplace.

The problem of sexual harassment in the workplace has been placed front and centre by recent scandals ranging from Hollywood to British…

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August 30, 2023

2023 Developments in Employment Law

Employment legislation in 2023 has had an emphasis on family and work life balance, although the enacted laws will not apply immediately….

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March 16, 2023

Settlement Agreements: A clean break

An employer may offer an employee a settlement agreement when they want to terminate the employment on mutually agreed terms.  …

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February 16, 2023

Trends in the workplace

Significant world and national events – the pandemic, the fall-out from Brexit, the war in Ukraine, 3 prime ministers in 7 weeks,…

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September 16, 2022

Holiday Pay headaches

During this long, hot summer the Supreme Court was busy considering how holiday pay for employees who work irregular hours should be…

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June 21, 2022

Restrictive Covenants – are they worth the paper they’re written on?

It is understandable for an employer to want to protect its business in the event that one of its senior employees or…

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March 11, 2022

Fear of COVID-19 is Not a Philosophical Belief

A fear of contracting COVID-19 or infecting others with the virus is both worthy of respect and readily understandable. However, an Employment…

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March 7, 2022

Employers are Generally Entitled to Fruits of Their Employees’ Creativity

Inventive employees can find it galling that copyright in their creative works generally belongs not to them but to their employers. As…

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March 1, 2022

Workplace Relationships Broken Down? Always Avoid a Knee-Jerk Response

Where irresolvable differences of opinion render an employment relationship entirely unworkable, dismissal may be justified. However, as one case showed, a knee-jerk…

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