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The COVID-19 pandemic has had a huge impact on business, both financially and from a “human” perspective. While some businesses have thrived, many have already fallen victim to the virus and have closed down. In order to survive, a huge number of companies have taken advantage of the Government’s Job Retention Scheme and placed employees…
Read MoreThursfields’ to host COVID-free webinar on employment and HR
A special COVID-free webinar focusing on the latest employment and HR issues is to be held by Thursfields Solicitors at the beginning of next month. The law firm’s HR Exchange event is entitled “A break from COVID-19” and will take place via Zoom on Thursday 3 December from 10am to 11am. The three senior Thursfields…
Read MoreThursfields offers free employment consultations in return for survey
Businesses keen to build more flexibility into their workforce and working practices in response to changing economic conditions are being offered a free employment law consultation by Thursfields Solicitors. Thursfields’ Employment Law Solicitors are offering the free of charge telephone consultation to any company who answers a short online survey. Helena Morrissey, director of the…
Read MoreCovert recording brings overt cost award | Employment Law
Facts & findings of the case In the recent case of Tan v Copthorne Hotels an employment tribunal made a large costs award against Mr Tan. It is a noteworthy case as not only did they award Copthorne Hotels the sum of £432,000, which is one of the largest awards for of costs against an…
Read MoreJade Linton of Thursfields named as one of UK’s top 25 employment lawyers
A senior HR and employment expert at Thursfields Solicitors has been recognised in a prestigious index for the sector’s top experts published by a national journal. Jade Linton, an associate director and HR business partner in the Employment department, has been listed as one of the UK’s top 25 employment lawyers. The Reward 300 2020…
Read MoreCity hire for Thursfields as new Head of Employment department joins
Helena Morrissey has joined Thursfields Solicitors in Solihull after spending the last 14 years with Squire Patton Boggs (formerly Hammonds), where she started as an Assistant Solicitor and left as a Director in its Labour & Employment team. Her experience has seen her act for a wide range of commercial clients, from small family businesses…
Read MoreEnd of furlough scheme means businesses must start serious planning | Employment Law
Businesses must start serious planning on what the winding down of the government’s furlough scheme means for them. Lisa Kemp, an associate director, in the Employment and HR Law department at Thursfields Solicitors was commenting about the Job Retention Scheme grants which have paid 80 per cent of furloughed staff’s wages since the beginning of…
Read MoreFlexible furlough – a flexible friend? | Employment Law
On 29 May 2020 details of how employers would share the cost of furloughed workers were revealed with the government also announcing that greater flexibility would be introduced from 1 July 2020, a month earlier than originally envisaged. We outline what this means for employers and their furloughed employees. Further guidance on flexible furloughing…
Read MoreNational forum to get legal updates on holiday pay from Thursfields | Employment Law
One of Thursfields Solicitors’ top employment lawyers is providing an update on the latest holiday pay issues for payroll professionals across the UK next week. Jade Linton, a senior associate solicitor in Thursfields’ Employment and HR Law department, is speaking at the Chartered Institute of Payroll Professionals’ (CIPP) national forum on 11 June. Her talk…
Read MoreTop solicitor rejoins Thursfields to lead Employment team in Worcester
A top solicitor has returned to Thursfields Solicitors to lead the company’s Worcester employment team. Lisa Kemp spent more than three years as an employment solicitor at Thursfields from January 2016 until last year when she left to work for international law firm, DLA Piper UK. Michelle O’Hara, director of Employment & HR Law at…
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