Picture this: before they leave for a competing business, a valued employee downloads and prints off a list of all of your key customer and business contact details and takes it with them. Now picture this: before they leave for a competing business, a valued employee connects with all of Read more…
My first blog on the social housing page… Mmm, what do I say? Welcome to Autumn. New statute comes into force. The outlook for social housing in the coming months. No, none of this seems quite right for a first blog. What is “social housing”? Ok, now that has me Read more…
We may not think so, but an increasing number of companies are taking steps to prevent their employees from emailing out of hours. In recent years, particularly with the development of new smartphone technology, there has been increased pressure on staff and an expectation that employees will continue to engage with Read more…
One of the effects of the recent economic climate has been an increase in the number of tenants going into liquidation. Consequently, many landlords have found themselves on the receiving end of a notice of disclaimer from liquidators relating to their property. Responsibility for business rates on an empty property Read more…
It is relatively common for an employer to have redeployment opportunities arising from a restructure. However, difficult issues can arise in practice where the employee at risk of redundancy suffers from a disability which might disadvantage them during the redeployment selection process. How far must an employer go in adjusting Read more…
With 300 million users of LinkedIn, 1.28 billion active Facebook accounts and 500 million tweets per day, the statistics speak for themselves: social media has revolutionised the way that individuals and businesses are communicating. Whilst the value of social media to businesses cannot be underestimated – it is a relatively Read more…
Paying a flat rate for sleepovers in the care industry is common practice, but as two recent cases highlight, doing so could be unlawful. The National Minimum Wage (“NMW”) is not a new concept: it was introduced in 1999 by the National Minimum Wage Act 1998 and the supporting National Read more…
It is a common misconception that you are either, self-employed, employed or unemployed. But the wonderful and mysterious thing that is employment law recognises another category of employment status: the worker. Employees are the most protected category and self-employed people have virtually no employment rights. Indeed it is a strange Read more…
As many will know, legal aid for many civil cases which include disputes about the living arrangements for children has been severely curtailed in the last 12 months. The government has recently proposed that the availability of legal aid should be reduced further by bringing in a residency test such Read more…
There have been changes made to the Planning (Listed Building and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 (LBA 1990) intended to reduce the number of listed building consent applications submitted to the local planning authority (LPA), for works that are considered “not to be harmful or to have a significant impact on Read more…