Parents who suffer the death of a child would receive statutory paid leave to grieve, under a proposed new law being supported by the government. Currently there is no legal requirement for employers to provide paid leave for grieving parents. The Parental Bereavement (Pay and Leave) Bill seeks to ensure grieving parents receive paid leave
An employee has been jailed for six weeks after breaching a court injunction prohibiting him from revealing confidential company information. The issue arose after the company lost a contract to a competitor. It brought a claim against the employee alleging that he had breached his employment contract by transmitting confidential information to a rival firm.
The Department of Education (DoE) is the first government body to publish its gender pay gap figures. Other departments, together with large companies, are expected to follow over the next six months. In April, the UK became one of the first countries in the world to require mandatory gender pay gap reporting, a key part
The Supreme Court today has scrapped employment tribunal fees which were introduced in 2013. The trade union, Unison, brought the case to court after a significant decline in the number of cases following the fee implementation. Official government statistics show that there was a 79% reduction in cases over three years. In July 2013, 7240
The Queen’s Speech announcing the government’s plans for the coming two years was dominated with Brexit as was widely expected. Eight of the 27 new bills were related in some way to our future relationship with the European Union and the rest of the world. The impact on business will largely depend on the outcome
Directors need to be clear about repayment terms when borrowing money from their company or using their loan account. Failure to do so could result in being obliged to pay back large sums before they are ready to do so, as happened in a recent case before the High Court. The issue arose due to
More than 79,000 businesses in the UK say they would not be able to repay their debts if interest rates were to rise by even a small amount. That’s an increase of nearly 60,000 since last September. The figures are based on a long running survey conducted by the insolvency and restructuring body, R3. Its
A company has enforced a restrictive covenant preventing a highly experienced employee from working for a competitor for six months. The case involved a UK subsidiary of a worldwide group offering professional services, and one of its consultants. The company had employed the consultant knowing that, with her experience, she would rise through the ranks
Thousands of women have won an equal pay claim estimated to be worth a total of £50m in a dispute dating back over several years. The 6,000 women all worked for Glasgow City Council in a variety of low-paid roles including carers, caterers and cleaners. The issue arose following several successful pay claims against the
A Lease is usually a written agreement between a Landlord (usually the owner of the building) and the Tenant (the occupier of either the whole or part of the building). It is important to have a written agreement to regulate the relationship between the Landlord and the Tenant, particularly to avoid any ambiguity arising between