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Line Manager Toolkit Events

Employment law has been one of the fastest growing areas of legislation in recent years – and one of the biggest areas of litigation, too. Line managers are the first line of defence against employment claims. But a lack of …

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Protecting Your Business When Senior Employees Leave

Many employers will have heard about the new legislation-backed schemes to incentivise employees by providing shares in a business in return for giving up the right to bring unfair dismissal claims amongst other things.  Unfortunately, it is the case that …

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New employees – old problems

What happens when you find one of your new employees has lodged discrimination claims at an Employment Tribunal which are on-going and which they have failed to disclose? In an recent case, Miss B, working for a bank, informed the …

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Another year of change for employment law

Its going to be another busy year for employment law in 2013, with a number of important changes that food and drink businesses need to be wary of. Here’s an overview of the changes and how they may affect your …

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Whistleblowing – advice for employers

The term whistleblowing conjures up storylines from a Hollywood movie: the hero, a hard-pressed employee, bravely exposing the wrong-doings of his evil corporation employer. The reality is that workers of all levels raise concerns every day about much less obvious …

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UK employment tribunals near 300,000 a year

With research showing that last year there were 297,100 employment tribunals in the UK, with the largest single pay-out reaching £4.45 million, a leading employment lawyer is urging local firms to take action to ensure that they reduce their risk …

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UK Employment Infographic

  Stephens Scown’s specialist employment solicitors, regarded by independent guide to the law Chambers as providing “high-quality, practical advice” have highlighted the importance of businesses not only getting employment legal advice, but also getting advice early, with a happy workforce …

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Bulgarian and Romanian nationals’ right to live and work in the UK – what Employers need to know

All EEA and Swiss nationals can enter and live in the UK without needing to apply for permission, if they can support themselves and their families in the UK without becoming an unreasonable burden on public funds. If you are …

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Blue Monday: Employee Well Being

With the Christmas and New Year festivities well and truly over for another year, January often seems to bring a gloomy outlook. Link to this bad weather, the reality of Christmas debt, broken resolutions and the lack of daylight hours …

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Employment Law Changes for 2013

As we all settle back into work after the exciting festive period attention turns to what 2013 has in store for business. 2012 saw a number of key legislative changes and 2013 doesn’t seem to be very different. Below we …

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