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Employment Rights for Overseas Employees  
Can an employee who is employed overseas make an unfair dismissal claim against a UK employer? Read on to find out. . . . . .


Employee Absence During Severe Weather  
Do we have to pay employees who fail to attend work during the current severe weather? Read on to find out . . . . . . .


Current statutory payments  
What are the current statutory payments that employers need to be aware of? Read on to find out . . . . . . . .


Advice for employers to avoid dismissing employees automatically unfairly  
Read on to identify the areas associated with automatically unfairly dismissing an employee. . . . . . . . . .


Advice for employers when an employee is absent  
Read on to find out what you should do when an employee does not turn up for work. . . . .


Employment Law Key Dates 2009  
Read on to identify key dates for employment law this year. . .


Employment Law Changes 2009  
Employment Law Changes 2009
Discipline & Grievances Changes

The Employment Act 2008 received royal assent on 13 November last year. In addition to repealing the procedures, the Act will remove the provisions relating to procedural unfair dismissal (the so called partial Polkey reversal) and will introduce to the employment tribunals discretion to increase or reduce awards by up to 25% where either side unreasonably fails to comply with the new..........


Downsizing  

Considering Downsizing?

It will not surprise you that we are particularly busy in the area of assisting clients to make redundancies. Here are some facts associated with such an exercise.



Do we have to ask for volunteers?

Yes, it is generally a good idea to consider asking........


Employment Law Changes  
Flexible Working

The Government has accepted the conclusions of the Walsh Report to extend the right to request flexible working to parents with children up to the age of 16 from April 2009.

The current flexible working legislation covers parents with children under the age of six or with disabled children under the age of 18.

Agency Workers

The Government has agreed a deal........


Age Law in the UK  
Age discrimination is the main area of discrimination which is protected in some other countries but which is currently not directly protected in the UK.