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Employment Policies: Protecting Your Business and Employees

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Employment Policies: Protecting Your Business and Employees

Despite the fact that very few are legally required in the UK, employment policies can play an important role in defining your mission and communicating “how work gets done here”. They can help to protect the interests of both the business and employees, as well as provide a consistent employee experience and…. Continue Reading Employment Policies: Protecting Your Business and Employees

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Am I employed, self-employed, both, or neither?

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Am I employed, self-employed, both, or neither?

Whether you are employed, self-employed, both or neither will make a difference to the amount of tax and National Insurance contributions (NIC) you pay, as well as how you pay. You need to know which of these apply to you, so that you can comply with your tax obligations and claim tax reliefs available to you….. Continue Reading Am I employed, self-employed, both, or neither?

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Corporate Financial Frictions and Employee Mental Health

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Corporate Financial Frictions and Employee Mental Health

A growing amount of literature documents that binding financial constraints during economic distress or financial distress, including impending bankruptcy, can have an adverse effect on firms’ human capital. During economic distress, firms suffering from financial frictions might dismiss…. Continue Reading Corporate Financial Frictions and Employee Mental Health

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Don’t Confuse Flexible Working With Remote Working

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Don’t Confuse Flexible Working With Remote Working

At the end of January a People in Law conference heard from Iain Harrison, a senior manager at EY about the difficulties and potential rewards of establishing a new hybrid working model once the pandemic has receded. Adam McCulloch listened in. Businesses must not confuse flexible working…. Continue Reading Don’t Confuse Flexible Working With Remote Working

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Coronavirus: Employment law update

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Coronavirus employment law update:

The impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on businesses across the UK has been critical. Businesses across a wide range of sectors have been forced to let go of staff or have incurred significant costs due to staff absence. Measures were announced in the Chancellor’s most recent Budget to mitigate the impact…. Continue Reading Coronavirus: Employment law update

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Employer pension contributions

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Employer pension contributions count towards a week’s pay

In the Employment Appeal Tribunal (“EAT”) and in the matter of University of Sunderland (“University”) v Ms K Drossou, the University of Sunderland appealed against the finding that employer pension contributions are to be considered when calculating the claimant’s weekly pay. Ms Drossou worked for the University and…. Continue Reading Employer pension contributions

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Statutory Adjudication To The Construction Industry

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Statutory Adjudication To The Construction Industry

The Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996 introduced statutory adjudication to the construction industry in addition to contractual adjudication which already featured in a number of standard form contracts. Statutory adjudication provides for a 28 days fast-track dispute resolution procedure…. Continue Reading Statutory Adjudication To The Construction Industry

Blake Turner Solicitors recently acted in a discrimination case for an employer who faced a claim of sexual and racial discrimination.

Sexual and racial discrimination case

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Sexual and racial discrimination case

Blake Turner Solicitors recently acted in a discrimination case for an employer who faced a claim of sexual and racial discrimination for an employee who had worked there for less than six weeks. Despite obtaining a Deposit Order against the Claimant at an early stage in the proceedings (on the basis that the Claimant…. Continue Reading Sexual and racial discrimination case