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Dress code and appearance in the workplace – Solicitors in Coventry
Dress codes are often used in the workplace for a variety of reasons, for example, to portray a corporate image or for health and safety reasons. In ...
- Employment Law
Self-Employed, Worker or Employee? – Solicitors in Coventry
The Supreme Court, the UK’s highest court, has unanimously ruled that a plumber classed as self-employed was in fact a worker and should therefore ...
- Employment Law
Employment Law, Legal Privilege exposed – Employment Solicitors in Coventry
Privilege entitles a party to withhold evidence from production to a third party or the court. Such evidence may be either written or oral. ...
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Employment Response
Employment Response is a monthly subscription service for the small business owner Do you find it hard to run your business and deal with all of the ...
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Liquid lunches: should employers adopt a zero tolerance approach?
Over time, lunchtime drinking has become widely socially acceptable and tolerated by most organisations. However, alcohol misuse can impact on ...
- Employment Law
Religious Holiday Requests
If managing holiday requests wasn’t already a headache, employers are now increasingly challenged with the task of approving employees’ holiday ...
- Employment Law
Employment Rates and Limits 2017-18
We are approaching the time of year when many employment law changes happen. In addition to the national minimum wage rates increasing on 1 April ...
- Employment Law
2017 will see some changes in Employment Law. How will they affect you?
Mandatory gender pay gap reporting The most significant change will be the mandatory gender pay gap reporting. To address the pay gap between women ...
- Employment Law
Employment law – what to expect in 2017 at a glance
Hot topics Given that a substantial amount of domestic employment law is derived from Europe, including the Working Time Regulations (holiday ...
- Employment Law
Practical tips on providing a reference
There is no legal obligation to give a former employee a reference, albeit, the vast majority of organisations will do so in some shape or form. Many ...