Get in touch today 0345 450 5558 enquiries@stephens-scown.co.uk
  • About Us
  • Pricing
  • Contact Us
  • Business
    • Sustainability
    • Regulatory
      • All Regulatory Compliance and Enforcement Services
      • 24/7 Critical Incident Support
      • Health and Safety
      • Inquests
      • Environmental Incidents and Investigations
      • Compliance and Risk Management
    • Technology
      • Artificial Intelligence (AI)
      • Information Technology
    • Data Protection
      • Virtual Privacy Officer
    • Intellectual Property
      • IP MOT
      • Copyright
      • IP Audit
      • Designs
      • Selling Online
      • Influencer Marketing
      • Trade Marks, Brands and Reputation
    • Intellectual Property and Data Protection
      • All IP & IT Services
    • Business Immigration
    • Corporate and Commercial
      • All Corporate and Commercial Services
      • Commercial Contracts
      • Employee Ownership
      • Incorporations, Company Secretarial and Governance
      • Investments and Funding
      • Mergers and Acquisitions
      • Restructuring and Insolvency
      • Shareholders and Partnerships
      • Succession
    • Dispute Resolution
      • All Dispute Resolution Services
      • Business Owners Disputes and Exit Strategies
      • Commercial Disputes
      • Construction Disputes
      • Debt Recovery
      • Property Litigation
      • Telecommunications
    • Employment
      • All Employment Services
      • Contracts and Handbooks
      • HRExpress
      • Sickness Absence Management
      • HR Consultancy
      • Restructuring and Redundancies
      • Takeovers, Mergers and TUPE
      • Workplace Disputes
    • Real Estate
      • All Real Estate Services
      • Commercial Property Support
      • Construction
      • Energy
      • Environment and Land Use
      • Healthcare
      • Investment in Real Estate
      • Mining and Minerals
      • Occupying Commercial Real Estate
      • Planning
      • Property Litigation
      • Real Estate Development
      • Rural
      • Social Housing
      • Telecommunications
    View All
  • Personal
    • Wills, Probate and Estate Planning
      • All Estate Planning Services
      • Estate Management and Probate
      • Inheritance and Trust Disputes
      • Financial Abuse
      • Planning for Later Life
      • Retirement and Wealth Protection
      • Trusts and Planning
      • Wills Advice and Inheritance
    • Employment Law
      • All Employment Law Services
      • Contracts, Agreements, Pay and Benefits
      • Employee Dismissal and Settlement Agreements
      • Sickness Absence and Stress
      • Workplace Disputes
    • Residential Property
      • All Residential Property Services
      • Buying Property
      • Equity Release
      • New-Build Homes
      • Property Planning
      • Raising Finance from Your Property
      • Selling Your Property
      • Transferring Ownership of Property
    • Immigration
      • All Immigration Services
      • Human Rights and Removal
      • Nationality and British Citizenship
      • Family Based Visas
      • Working and Studying in the UK
    • Family Law
      • All Family Law Services
      • Divorce and Separation
      • Resolution Together
      • International Family Law
      • Divorce and Finances
      • Children
      • Unmarried Couples and Relationship Breakdown
      • Civil Partnership
      • Nuptial Agreements
      • High Net Worth Individuals
      • Domestic Abuse
      • Alternatives to Court
    • Dispute Resolution
      • All Dispute Resolution Services
      • Disputes Against Businesses
      • Financial Abuse
      • Disputes Over Estates and Inheritance
      • Property Litigation
    View All
  • Sectors
    • Specialist Sectors
      • Charities
      • Energy
      • Food and Drink
      • Healthcare
      • Leisure and Tourism
      • Marine
      • Mining and Minerals
      • Public Sector
      • Real Estate Development
      • Rural
      • Social Housing
      • Technology
    View All
  • Our People
    • Our People
      • Find A Lawyer
      • Retiree & Alumni Community
    View All
  • Pay a Bill
  • Info Hub
    • Info Hub
    • Events
    View All
  • About Us
  • Pricing
  • Contact Us

Filter by category

Select all
  • Adoption
  • Alternatives to court
  • Brand Protection
  • Brexit
  • Business Disputes
  • Business law
  • Buying and Selling Your Home
  • Careers
  • Charities
  • child abduction
  • Children
  • Children in care
  • Cohabitation
  • Commercial Property
  • Community News
  • Construction
  • contact and residence
  • Corporate & Commercial
  • COVID-19
  • Creatives
  • Data Protection
  • Disputes with Businesses
  • Disputes with Individuals
  • Divorce and Separation
  • Domestic Abuse
  • Employee ownership
  • Employment
  • energy
  • Family
  • Family Issues
  • Finance
  • Finances following divorce or separation
  • Finances for children
  • Food and Drink
  • Getting married
  • Graduate recruitment
  • Healthcare
  • High Net Worth
  • Holiday and residential parks
  • Holiday Parks
  • Human Resources
  • Immigration
  • Inheritance and Trust Disputes
  • Insolvency and Bankruptcy
  • Insync
  • Intellectual Property
  • International divorce
  • Landlord and Tenancy Disputes
  • Leisure and tourism
  • Marine
  • Mining, Minerals and Waste
  • Money
  • Personal Disputes
  • Planning
  • Planning for later life
  • Prenuptial agreements
  • Property disputes
  • Public Sector
  • Real Estate
  • Regulatory Compliance and Enforcement
  • Renewable Energy
  • Residential Parks
  • Residential Property
  • Retirement and wealth protection
  • Rural
  • Social Housing
  • Specialist divorce
  • Specialist Sectors
  • Step parents and grandparents
  • Stephens Scown News
  • technology
  • Uncategorised
  • Unmarried couples
  • Wills and Inheritance Planning

Filter by author

Select all

Objectionable Beliefs and Freedom of Expression

We frequently advise employers on how to change the terms of contracts of employment, including…

March 18, 2025

Author Hazel Sanders

Read More
Employment > Human Resources > Page 2

Read More

How do I change our employment contracts to reduce pay and/or hours?

We frequently advise employers on how to change the terms of contracts of employment, including…

November 29, 2024 By Hazel Sanders

Read More

Sexual harassment in the workplace – how should employers prepare for the new statutory duty to protect employees?

How is the law changing on sexual harassment in the workplace? New legislation has been…

November 26, 2024 By Mark Roby

Read More

What Does The New Employment Rights Bill Mean for Employers?

Leaving almost no employment law stone unturned, the Labour Government announced sweeping changes on 10…

November 7, 2024 By Laura McFadyen

Read More

Menopause at work – what action should employers take?

It’s World Menopause Day on 18 October. The purpose of the day is to raise…

October 17, 2024 By Matt Huggett

Read More

The Right to Switch Off – will busy lawyers, business owners and HR professionals get a chance?

You, like our specialist Employment Law team at Stephens Scown may have been watching with…

October 15, 2024 By Verity Slater

Read More

Ethical Redundancy – is there a good way to make employees redundant?

With low growth continuing in certain sectors of the UK economy, many well established and…

October 15, 2024 By Mark Roby

Read More

Employment Settlement Agreement – what are they? And how should you approach them?

Has your employer given you a settlement agreement? It is not uncommon for settlement agreements…

August 15, 2024 By Hazel Sanders

Read More

Buying or selling a business – the latest news you need to know about TUPE

What does "TUPE" mean, how does it protect employees and what part does it have…

June 27, 2024 By Mark Roby

Read More

Menstrual health at work – what action should employers take?

It’s over 10 years since the first World Menstrual Hygiene Day on Tuesday 28th May…

June 25, 2024 By Charlotte Plummer

Read More

Subject Access Requests – the risks of getting it wrong

The Coronavirus pandemic has unfortunately put a lot of companies and organisations in a precarious…

May 30, 2024 By Amy Ralston

Read More

What does an employment contract need to include?

It is important that you have employment contracts in place for anyone who is an…

April 30, 2024 By Isabel Gibson

Read More

Government Consultations on Holiday Pay – the results are out

The Judgment of the Supreme Court in Brazel v Harpur Trust challenged the way many…

April 29, 2024 By Hazel Sanders

About Us

Get In Touch

Our People

  • Exeter
  • Truro
  • Taunton
  • London
  • About Us
  • Careers
  • Our People
  • Business Services
  • Personal Services
  • Specialist Sectors
  • Legal Notices
  • Complaints Procedure
  • Privacy and Data Protection
  • Privacy Policy for Young People
  • Data Sharing Policy
  • Cookie Policy
  • Contact Us
  • Our Impact Report

Social

Follow Stephen Scowns on Facebook Follow Stephen Scowns on Twitter Follow Stephen Scowns on Linkedin Follow Stephen Scowns on Instagram Follow Stephen Scowns on Youtube
Accreditations
551582
Accreditations Accreditations Sunday Times - Best Places to Work 2024 Logo Commitment to Excellence - Partnering with Insight 6
© Stephens Scown Solicitors LLP 2025. | Website by INFOTEX