A logistics company has been granted an injunction against an employee to prevent him poaching its staff and working for a competitor.

The case involved JM Solutions UK Ltd. Its two directors lived in Romania, and since the Covid pandemic they communicated with staff via email and telephone. The employee, referred to as Dave, was the company’s office and sales manager, and was responsible for dealing with customers and negotiating rates. His contract of employment contained a

University entitled to dismiss lecturer before end of probation

Business Employment

A university lecturer has lost her appeal against a decision that her employer was entitled to dismiss her before the end of her probationary period. Korthals Altes began working for the University of Essex in 2017. Her contract provided for a three-year probation period, at the end of which she was entitled to apply for

Hybrid Model: How to make it work for your business and employees.

Business Employment

Covid has impacted working life in the UK more than any other event in recent memory.  The application of restrictions regarding how employees perform their duties have fluctuated over the last 20 months.  In order to accommodate the changing nature of the workplace restrictions and also to try and protect employees from exposure to Covid,

What is fire and rehire?

By Business Employment

Dismiss and re-engage, or fire and rehire, has been a practice for decades but recently has been receiving coverage in the press as a result of its use by high profile companies such as BA and British Gas, who have seen the coronavirus pandemic having a dramatic impact on their cash flow. An employer who

Further protections introduced for rent arrears accrued during forced closures

The Covid-19 pandemic has presented a plethora of challenges for restauranteurs, and many businesses have struggled to pay their rent whilst they have been forced to close in several national or localised lockdowns. The Coronavirus Act 2020 was introduced as emergency legislation to prevent commercial landlords from re-entering and taking back their premises based on

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