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New guidance on harassment at work | Employment Law
The #MeToo campaign has exposed many occasions where Non Disclosure Agreements (NDAs) have been used as an attempt to prevent employees speaking out about sexual harassment in the workplace. The difficulty for employers is there are no minimum requirements as to how they should act to prevent and deal with such behaviour in the first…
Read MoreHolding on for a bumpy ride | Employment Law
What is bumping? Bumping is a term that is heard of when talking, primarily about redundancy situations. To put it in simple terms bumping is a process of moving a potentially redundant employee (A) into another role and dismissing the employee currently performing that role (B). Therefore, for it to be a true bumping situation…
Read MoreParental bereavement leave – the law is changing! Employment Law
What is the current position? Parents are entitled to take time off work following the death of a child under the age of 18. There is no obligation on employers to pay their employees during this time and the right only applies to parents. During a government consultation last year, feedback was that the current…
Read MoreOff payroll working rules (IR35) | Employment Law
Expected to be introduced for Private Companies in April 2020. Off-payroll working rules – or IR35 to you and me – are expected to be introduced for Private Companies in April 2020. The change IR35 intends to shift responsibility for determining how a contractor’s fee should be taxed from the contractor and their personal services…
Read MoreThursfields employment law expert to speak at major London public sector conference
Jade Linton, a Senior Associate Employment Lawyer at Thursfields Solicitors, has been asked to speak at a major public sector conference in London. She will be giving an employment law update at the seventh Annual Public Sector Update for payroll and HR professionals to be held at PwC’s London offices on Thursday 6 February. Jade…
Read MoreThursfields shares story of talent success | Employment Law
Thursfields Solicitors’ commercial and HR director Michelle O’Hara is to speak at a legal industry conference focused on people strategies and will share her firm’s success in attracting and developing talent. The Legal Practice Management National Conference (LPM) is for practice management leaders in law firms. This year’s conference is all about people and will…
Read MoreRedundancy – getting it right | Employment Law
January is prime time to set goals and look forward to the year ahead. Unfortunately in the world of business, this may mean reviewing finances and making redundancies. The key question is, how do employers keep the stress of this process to a minimum whilst ensuring they follow the correct procedure? Making the decision The…
Read MoreBuilding a Talented Workforce | Employment Law
In a candidate driven market finding new talent for your workforce can feel like an uphill struggle. But many employers could be overlooking a large talent pool of employees, especially those who are women returning from maternity leave. The Equality and Human Rights Commission’s 2018 “Britain is Fairer?” Report found that 77 % of mothers…
Read MoreWhat is a Settlement Agreement? | Employment Law
Settlement agreements or compromise agreements, as they used to be called, are commonly used but what are they? Here’s our Top Five Tips on Settlement Agreements: 1 – Simply put, Settlement agreements are a legal contract between an employee and employer which settles claims or potential claims against the employer, usually in return for money.…
Read MoreAn employer’s guide to surviving the Christmas Party | Employment Law
Whether it is something that you look forward to or something that you dread, it is clear that the Christmas party can be more perilous for employers than it would first appear. At best it can be a celebratory event that all enjoy but at worst it can throw up a host of difficult employment…
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