News Category: Employment

11 May 2021

The coronavirus pandemic has been cited as being responsible for a national increase in mental health conditions and referrals, triggered by social isolation and working at home.  For many, there is now the added degree of anxiety about returning to the workplace. Read more

9 February 2021

Brexit ended freedom of movement between the UK and EU, with the UK introducing an immigration system meaning that businesses who want to recruit or employ a workforce from outside the UK, will need to ensure that their applicants meet certain requirements and have permission to work and live in the UK. Read more

28 January 2021

Every year, January 28th is marked as International Data Privacy Day, a united effort to empower individuals and encourage businesses to respect privacy. In this article Employment and Data Protection Solicitor, Robert Hickford considers Data Protection issues when implementing Private workplace COVID-19 testing. Read more

5 January 2021

As the Government announced plans for a third National Lockdown throughout England, businesses will be reassessing their work from home procedures as several businesses will need to remain open.  Read more

14 December 2020

The UK is on course to leave the EU single market at the end of the year, which means the end of free movement of people too. Despite this, the Government has stated its commitment to protecting the rights of EU nationals and their family members who want to remain in the UK after Brexit. Read more

11 December 2020

During the pandemic, many employees have had questions about their Employment rights in relation to zero-hour contacts. Read more

5 November 2020

This afternoon, the Chancellor, Rishi Sunak, announced that the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (also known as the furlough scheme) will continue to operate over the Christmas period and into 2021. Read more

25 October 2020

As the furlough scheme comes to an end on the 30th October, many businesses are facing difficult decisions around redundancy. Our Employment Team has seen a rise in the number of calls received from businesses who want to ensure they are following a fair redundancy process. Read more

23 October 2020

In the 3rd and final part of our maternity-related employment law series, we consider advice for employers when welcoming employees back to work after maternity leave. Read more

12 October 2020

In the 2nd in our series on maternity-related employment law, we consider advice during maternity leave. Read more