Spring 2024 employment law round up
‘This year is a busy one for employment legislation, after a few quiet years,’ Alana Penkethman, employment expert at Laceys Solicitors. ‘The Government has backed a number of private members’…
‘This year is a busy one for employment legislation, after a few quiet years,’ Alana Penkethman, employment expert at Laceys Solicitors. ‘The Government has backed a number of private members’…
Most employers will try to protect staff from bullying in the workplace, but sometimes it is hard to know what to do about the problem. A third (32 per cent)…
‘One in ten people are estimated to have dyslexia according to the British Dyslexia Association,’ says Alana Penkethman, employment expert at Laceys Solicitors. ‘Dyslexia awareness week runs from 2 –…
Due to changes in ways of working since the pandemic, or in response to the economic slowdown, some employers are downsizing their premises and asking employees to relocate to new…
One story which received a great deal of media coverage earlier this year was the publication of the results of a six-month trial involving around 2,900 workers who had moved…
Have you ever spotted someone wearing a lanyard with a sunflower as a means of indicating that they have a non-visible disability? What about those individuals who do not wish…
Now is a time of transition as employees return to the workplace either on a hybrid basis or for all their working time. ‘Employers need to keep in mind the…
Despite all your best efforts to recruit and retain the right key executives, sometimes things just do not work out as planned and it becomes evident that it will be…
The last 18 months have seen employers turn on a dime to keep their business on track, while guarding the health and wellbeing of staff and customers. While flexibility has…
In an episode of the Netflix series House of Cards, the American First Lady Claire Underwood opens the door of her huge refrigerator and stands there cooling off from a…
The official government message encouraging people to work from home is expected to end with the final step out of lockdown. For many employees though, homeworking is here to stay….
The statutory definitions of the three categories of employment status have long been criticised as being unclear, and over the years a body of case law interpreting these definitions has…
Laceys’ Head of Employment & HR, Robin Watson spoke to the Wessex Branch of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) on Thursday 11 March. CIPD is the professional…
The government coronavirus job retention scheme (also known as furlough scheme) has been extended through to March 2021. The job retention scheme which was initially introduced in 1 March 2020…
The viability of many businesses is on a knife edge and flexible working options enabling the scaling up or down of your workforce at short notice have become increasingly important….
When a key employee is about to leave, employers look to minimise damage to their business and may wish to keep the employee away from customers and commercially sensitive information….
Please find following FAQs which explain business compliance to data protection regulations during Covid-19. Do I need to inform employees if one of their colleagues contracts Covid 19? Whilst an…
The National Outdoor Events Association (NOEA) and Laceys Solicitors hosted a Twitter Q&A on Thursday 2nd April for event professionals looking for legal advice, specifically around matters covering dispute and…
New regulations are to be introduced this year entitling parents to two weeks’ leave should they suffer the loss of a child, providing real time to grieve. Why Jack’s Law?…
Settlement agreements are used to record what an employer and employee have agreed about the ending of employment. They are common, but every employee will have different needs and concerns….
The answer unfortunately is NO, as demonstrated in this court case. Rhodri Philipps, the 4th Viscount St Davids, had posted on Facebook “£5,000 for the first person to ‘accidentally’ run…
The obligations are now in full force, meaning that Companies and employers in the voluntary sector with 250 or more employees will be required to publish information about their business’…
The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has ruled that commission payments must be included when calculating holiday pay. British Gas was seeking to prevent their employee, Mr Lock, taking account of…
The ever increasing use of social media in the workplace has inevitably had a notable impact on most employers. Whether it’s an employee posting a controversial tweet, or sharing confidential…