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- Employment Law
Obesity may be a disability
A recent case from the European Court of Justice has confirmed the legal position in relation to discrimination and employees who are obese. Firstly, ...
- Employment Law
Key Issues You Should Consider When Providing a Reference
What are the key issues a business should consider before providing a reference for an employee or former employee? Types of reference A business is ...
- Employment Law
Mobile workers, travel time and the Working Time Regulations
The issue of whether mobile workers’ travelling time between their home and the premises of their first and last customers counts as ‘working ...
- Residential Conveyancing
Conveyancing and misrepresentation
It was thought that a seller would be bound by their representations if made during the course of a conveyance. However in the recent case of Thorp ...
- Employment Law
1st June 2015 is the start date of Pensions Auto-Enrolment for small employers
New figures from the Pensions Regulator show that the number of penalty notices issued to employers who have not complied with their auto-enrolment ...
- Employment Law
Jeremy Clarkson: should I stay or should I go….?
Jeremy Clarkson is no stranger to controversy with his deliberately provocative and tongue in cheek style of presenting. Unfortunately another ...
- Employment Law
Do you know the procedure for dealing with requests for flexible working?
Flexible working requests are starting to come through following the changes to the rules in June last year. As you will recall from our bulletin at ...
- Employment Law
Frozen in Coventry and Warwickshire
Well, it’s that time of year again. “The wind is howling like a swirling storm inside” and local forecasters are predicting snow in the West ...
- Employment Law
Dress code and appearance in the workplace
ACAS has issued new guidance on dress codes and appearance in the workplace. Dress codes are often used in the workplace for a variety of reasons, ...