A Government minister has publicly named a company that failed to pay an employee the National Minimum Wage (NMW). The move is part of an initiative by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) to name and shame companies that don’t adhere to NMW regulations. It shows the Government’s determination to get tough on
The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) has started to name and shame firms that flout National Minimum Wage regulations. To help employers comply with the regulations, BIS has outlined the following seven points that could put a firm at risk. An employer only has to meet one of these points to be named:
The directive is due to be implemented next year. Businesses from all the participating member states will then be under the same obligation to ensure that invoices are paid on time. The main points in the EU Directive are: Public authorities will be required to pay suppliers within 30 calendar days of receipt of an
The Government says it will reduce health and safety regulations to promote economic growth and protect businesses from ‘compensation culture’ claims. There are more than 6,500 regulations that the Government inherited through the Red Tape Challenge Process. They intend to scrap more than 3,000. One of the key changes involves health and safety inspections. Businesses
Tenancies are lasting longer and landlords are increasing their portfolios as the private rental sector continues to grow, according to the National Landlords Association. The research shows that 54% of tenancies are now lasting between two and three years, and 32% last longer than four years. It also showed that 10% of landlords had added
A company has been awarded £50,000 compensation from a former director after he breached a restrictive covenant preventing him setting up a rival business within a set period. The case was brought by a security company against its former business development director. The director’s contract had contained a restrictive covenant stating that if he left,
The Government has introduced new measures to allow up to two flats to be built in office or storage space above shops without the need for planning permission. The previous regulations only allowed for one flat to be created above a shop without permission. The change is designed to help increase the number of homes
The law offers employers some protection against libel claims arising out of references they provide for employees. This was illustrated in a recent case before the High Court. It involved a laboratory assistant, Mr Bol Thour, who had worked for the Royal Free Hospital in Hampstead. He applied for a job at St Bart’s Hospital,
A firm has been fined £10,000 after making a slight change to its name without telling HM Revenue & Customs. The firm, which doesn’t want to be identified, was originally a partnership but then decided to restructure as a limited company. It added Ltd to its name but didn’t realise that it was suppose to
A managing director has been held personally liable for his company’s infringement of a rival’s trademark. The case involved two companies with similar names that both specialised in soil testing services. Geolabs Ltd had a series of trademarks including the name, ‘Geolabs’. It complained that another company, Geo Laboratories, had infringed that trademark by trading