A wood-working company and its director have been fined after a HSE inspection uncovered a number of failings and risks around a...

An employee may give notice to end his or her employment at any time. An employer cannot refuse to accept a resignation but, in the event...

The government has announced that as of 19th July 2021, many of the remaining social distancing restrictions put in place to contain the...

For several years now, the gig economy has dominated both the headlines and the legal sector as court case succeeded court case over the...

Since the start of the pandemic restrictions in March 2020, many businesses have found themselves facing dire financial straits and have...

The law on discrimination against religious belief is well known and some recent cases have served to define further what a belief is,...

As COVID-19 restrictions are lifted and life begins to return to normal – or, at the very least, the new normal – employers may be...

Generally, the legal sector is not known for its early adoption of technology; however, both courts and law firms are coming to rely more...

In March 2020, as the coronavirus pandemic took hold of the UK and the first lockdown started, the government announced that temporary...

There are several different forms of leave available to people who have, or are about to become parents, either natural or adoptive. But...

When a company is taken over by a new owner, or where work that has been outsourced is taken back in-house, or a service provider...

If you are an employer with 250 or more employees, then under the Equality Act 2010 (Gender Pay Gap Information) Regulations 2017, you...

A tribunal may make an award for injury to feelings to compensate for the consequences of discrimination. This can include distress,...

Are you aware of the increases announced in the rates for the National Living Wage and National Minimum Wage? From the start of April...

Face masks have become a symbol of the COVID-19 pandemic, and we now seldom give them a second thought as we go about our daily business....

In only a few days, it will be a year since the first lockdown was rolled out across the UK and millions of people suddenly found...

At the end of last year, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) delivered a judgment that has the potential to significantly change...

During the COVID-19 pandemic, delivery workers have played a huge part in keeping the country moving and helping the economy to survive....

On Friday, 15th January 2021, the Supreme Court gave judgment in the test case brought by the Financial Conduct Authority (the FCA)...

The remote working genie is out of the bottle. Something that employers were reluctant to contemplate a year ago is now the norm and will...