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Key Updates in the Employment Law Timetable for 2022 Our MD Victoria Brown offers an update on some key Employment Law changes to ensure you stay compliant with the latest legislation. Here are a few changes that you need to be aware of; SSP Rebate Scheme Closes The Statutory Sick Pay  closed on 17‌‌‌ ‌March‌‌‌ ‌2022.… Continue reading →

Employment Law Update │ March 2022 James Mallon, our HR Business Partner, provides an employment law update including cases around restrictive covenants, holiday pay and more. 1. Restrictive Covenants The High Court case of Law By Design (LDB) Ltd v Ali saw a non-competition restrictive covenant in a service agreement enforced, and a solicitor prevented… Continue reading →

Man Banned From Tribunal Service After Making Countless Vexatious Claims A serial claimant has received an infinite ban from the tribunal service after submitting over 40 vexatious claims against multiple companies. A “weaponisation of the ET process” The man, named as Mr D Taheri was handed a Restriction of Proceedings Order (RPO) of indefinite notice… Continue reading →

Managing Stress │ Health and Safety In this month’s update, our H&S Consultant, Colin Jones discusses the importance of managing workplace stress in your business. “A Legal Duty to Protect Workers from Stress at Work” It goes without saying that for the majority of the working population, there seems to be a cautious optimism now… Continue reading →

Initiatives to Level Up Opportunities for Women Launched The government has announced plans to open opportunities to women including pilot schemes to improve pay transparency and close salary gaps. Improving Opportunities for Women The plan by the minister for women, Baroness Stedman-Scott, launched on International Women’s Day (8 March) and has created a requirement for… Continue reading →