What to expect in Employment Law in 2021
2020 was quite a year for employers in respect of having to adapt quickly and efficiently in the face of effectively a national lockdown…
Employment
Stay at Home to Stay Safe, but how safe are we working from home?
In February 2020 around 5.7% of workers in the UK worked from home. As a result of the pandemic that figure has now grown to around…
Employment Law | Remote Working: HR Questions Answered
Most people did not anticipate that remote working would become the norm for a substantial number of the workforce when the pandemic hit in…
Employment Webinar: Managing Employees Remotely
With around 40% of the UK workforce still working from home, it is likely this will continue through the winter months. Homeworking is a…
Reimagining the role of learning and development.
Learning and Development is used to describe everything a business does to encourage professional development among its employees, e.g.…
Employment Law Webinar: Flexible Working post-lockdown
As the furlough scheme is being tapered down and with restrictions gradually being eased businesses are beginning to think about their…
Employment Law | Reducing Workforce costs, Reorganisation and Redundancy.
As we make our way through the Government stages of easing lockdown, talk has turned to returning to business. For businesses who have…
Looking After Remote Workers: An Employer's Duties
Home and remote working have now become a fact of life for many of us, and with access to reliable technology virtual meetings and…
Job losses predicted to be worse than previously feared
A recent survey commissioned by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) and recruitment company Adecco indicates a…
Travelling Abroad and the Quarantine rules: How will this affect your employment?
On 26 July the Scottish and UK Governments announced that, until further notice, a 14-day quarantine period will be reintroduced for…
TUPE and Multiple Transferees
In the case of ISS Facility Services NV v Sonia Govaerts & Atalian NV, formerly Euroclean NV, the ECJ has held that, where there is a…
Returning to Work: the end of shielding
Since March 2020 and the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic in the UK, the country’s health has been of paramount concern and for none more…
Employment Law | Mental Health and Wellbeing.
With one in four people in the UK likely to be affected by mental ill health at some stage in their lives, employers need to be able to…
Employment Law | Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme: Your Questions Answered
You are invited to join employment law specialists, Chris Phillips and Debbie Fellows who will be hosting an online Q&A to answer your…
Specialist accreditation for Dundee Associate
Amy Jones, Associate at Thorntons Solicitors in Dundee, has received her Employment Law Specialist accreditation from the Law Society of…
Restrictive Covenants in Dental Practices - a pointless exercise or not?
We are regularly asked to provide advice on restrictive covenants, either in putting them into place or advising on their enforceability.…
What Employers can expect in 2020.
April 2020 is set to be a busy month in the Employment Law calendar with a number of changes coming into force that businesses need to be…
Black Friday a headache for employers?
The distinctly American shopping phenomenon of Black Friday has gained significant traction in the UK over the past few years, with the…
The Rocky Road of Romance at Work
Briton Steve Easterbrook, credited with adding huge value to the McDonald’s fast food business during his tenure as US Chief Executive, has…
Can we talk about the gender pay gap?
In this post, we consider the gender pay gap, and issues relevant to employers such as the need of many employers to produce gender pay gap…
The Rates: the National Minimum Wage and the National Living Wage
In this blog, we examine issues related to the National Living Wage (NLW) and how it is different to the National Minimum Wage (NMW). These…