New tribunal ruling could affect ‘thousands’ of music teachers, warns top barrister
An employment tribunal ruling could affect the employment rights of thousands of peripatetic music teachers across the UK. Employment specialist…
Disability Discrimination – How long can you delay making a reasonable adjustment?
Employment Solicitor and Law Lecturer Ian Winrow considers the decision in a recent disability discrimination case. In my many years…
Is ageism widespread in the workplace?
Paul Holcroft, Associate Director of Croner, considers whether ageism is widespread following a recent ET decision: An employment tribunal recently…
Law Society warns of ‘new hoops’ and more expense for EEA lawyers post-Brexit
The Law Society of England and Wales has warned that lawyers from the EEA who are in partnership with solicitors…
Budget ‘good news for pensions’ says specialist Law Firm Sackers
Sacker & Partners LLP (Sackers), the UK’s leading specialist law firm for pensions and retirement savings, reacted positively to yesterday’s…
Understanding the redundancy process
Jane Crosby, Partner at law firm Hart Brown, outlines the redundancy process, explaining what procedures an employer needs to put…
Bad Bosses ‘main factor’ behind increasing turnover of legal staff
Poor management is the number one cause behind staff leaving, despite high employment rates and economic growth. Employment rates are…
1 in 3 employees don’t report workplace injuries ‘in case it makes bosses angry’
New research from Solicitors Percy Hughes & Roberts reveals that employees across a wide range of industries are too worried…
UK Legal Departments are ‘behind the rest of the world’ in terms of tech
New Sharplegal research from Acritas, the world’s leading source of client and market research to law firms, reveals that where…
Disability Discrimination: Stagecoach buses ordered to pay ex employee £41,000
Greater Manchester Buses (South), better known as Stagecoach have been ordered to pay £41,000 to former employee Jayson Andrews after…