Taxing Question
When an employee leaves their employment, there may be an agreement with the employer to make a termination payment to compensate them for their loss
TUPE or Not TUPE?
Where a commercial contract to provide services changes hands (known as a “service provision change”), the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection from Employment) Regulations 2006 (TUPE)
National Living Wage
The Conservative Government delivered the first budget of their term on 8th July 2015. One of the headlines was the proposed introduction of a “National
e-cigarette Fire Warning
A national alert has been issued by UK fire services warning of the dangers of fires caused by exploding e-cigarette chargers. More than 100 fires
Risk Assessments – Not Child’s Play
A Borough Council has been fined £13,000 plus costs of £1,317 after a two year old child had two fingertips severed when playing in a
What a Carry On
There has been yet another case on the issue of annual leave, but this time regarding the right to carry over untaken annual leave into
Undercalculating Overtime
In November 2014, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) handed down its decision in the case of Bear Scotland Ltd v Fulton, which stated that, when
Consultation – When, Not If
It’s all go in the world of collective redundancy consultation. Following on from the European Woolworths decision in May (reported here), there has been a
Behave Yourself
We all do it at some time. We take a short cut, we take a risk or we do something that we know we shouldn’t
Goalpost Safety
Over the last few years, 10 children have been tragically killed by falling goalposts. The majority of these cases have involved children being hit by
The Burning Issue
In recent years, electronic cigarettes or ‘e-cigarettes’ have increased hugely in popularity as an alternative to smoking or as a means of giving up smoking.
A Matter of Time
Employers have taken a bit of a beating recently in relation to working time and holiday pay issues, and it doesn’t look as though this