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1 Apr 2020
Employment – What You Should Know About IR35 Regulation
‘Employment in disguise’ – what you should know about IR35 regulation. The ironic thing about IR35 legislation is that when you type this phrase into Google, the first result that shows up is ‘IR35 changes’ and ‘IR35 how to avoid’. We know it also from our business clients that they are concerned and not sure […]
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27 Mar 2020
Coronavirus – Advice for Employees
In this article we want to focus on employees, support employees can get and the issues they may have that are caused by the current coronavirus crisis. If you are an individual who is wondering what will happen with your workplace and if you are somehow protected under the circumstances, please stay with us and […]
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18 Mar 2020
Employment – Preventing Claims of Stress at Work
Preventing claims of stress at work According to the Health & Safety Executive stress is ‘the adverse reaction people have to excessive pressures or other types of demand placed on them’ by their job. As an employer, you owe your employees a duty of care. That is, a duty to provide a work environment where […]
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11 Giu 2019
Beware employment law pitfalls when using agency workers
Some sectors, such as healthcare and construction, rely on a ready supply of temporary staff, and it is a rare business that does not need to use agency workers from time to time. The rights of agency workers have been under considerable government scrutiny recently, and changes are on the horizon that will affect any […]
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2 Mag 2019
Contract termination – securing the right to walk away
When negotiating a contract it is easy to become fixated on the terms governing who will do what, by when and for how much. However, equal thought needs to be given to what happens if things go wrong and in particular your rights of termination. As Olexandr Kyrychenko commercial contracts lawyer with IMD Solicitors in London explains: ‘There are a […]
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22 Feb 2019
Are you liable for the misdemeanours of your employees?
What do the following have in common? A managing director punches an employee; a self-employed doctor sexually assaults a bank’s prospective employees during pre-employment medical checks; a petrol station attendant violently assaults a customer; and an IT auditor releases personal data for staff at Morrisons? The answer: the employer was held for each of these incidents. In light of recent […]
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Grumbles or grievances – why you need to take employee complaints seriously
Receiving a grievance from an employee is rarely welcome – dealing with it can soak up resources, cause disquiet among other employees and in some cases escalate into a dispute which ends up before an employment tribunal. However, as Marcin Durlak, Partner and employment lawyer with IMD Solicitors in London, Manchester and Birmingham explains, handling grievances properly is a useful […]
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