Did you know that future claims can be settled under a settlement agreement?
The Employment Appeal Tribunal has recently upheld a decision that future claims can validly be settled under a settlement agreement. …
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Changes to ‘Fire and Re-hire’ Practices In Force
On 18 July 2024, the Statutory Code of Practice on Dismissal and Re-engagement came into force. Dismissal and re-engagement is…
Employment law changes due following the King’s Speech
With a new Labour government, we are expecting a raft of new employment laws. In the King’s speech yesterday, Labour…
New case on changing benefits in employment contracts
In a recent Employment Appeals Tribunal (EAT) case, Adekoya v Heathrow Express Operating Company, the EAT found that the Company…
What happens if employers want to show remote working the red card?
It has been reported in the news that Manchester United Football Club has decided to give remote working the red…
Bradshaw Trees Law recognised by Review Solicitors as the top employment firm in Stockport
As you will be aware, we act for national clients across the UK, both national companies and individuals, but we…
Is your company doing enough to prevent sexual harassment and bullying in the workplace?
There has been a recent survey of 2,000 employees published by Personio which found that 1 in 10 of those…
Reminder about changes to flexible working
As you may recall, we informed you of the flexible working changes that were due to be introduced this April…
Annual Increases to Tribunal Limits, Compensation and Redundancy Payments Announced
The government has published The Employment Rights (Increase of Limits) Order 2024, which sets out the intended annual increases to…
The Government has published the updated code of practice on “fire and rehire”
Following public consultation last year, the Government has updated its Code of Practice on “fire and rehire”. This is likely…
Employment Law Changes 2024
2024 is a busy year for employment law changes! Here are a few of the key changes to look out…
National Minimum Wage will apply to live-in domestic workers from 1 April 2024
Currently, workers who live in their employer’s family home, who are treated as a member of the family (including the…
SoundbiteNew Government guidance on holiday pay entitlement for part year workers (eg term time workers) and those working irregular hours
You may recall that in the case of Harpur Trust v Brazel, it was decided that part year workers must…
Advice on managing Blue Monday
The third Monday in January is often referred to as Blue Monday. This is thought to be the worst day…
Carer’s Leave Regulations
The Carer’s Leave Regulations 2024 have been laid before Parliament and set out the right for employees with caring responsibilities…
New national minimum wage rates announced
The Government has confirmed the new rates for the National Living Wage (NLW) and the National Minimum Wage, which will…
When is a resignation not really a resignation?
Employees sometimes resign “in the heat of the moment”, and may try to retract their resignation later. It’s settled law…
ICO guidance on lawfully monitoring workers
Companies may be interested to know that the ICO has recently published its guidance, Employment practices and data protection –…
Legal 500 – Leading Firm 2024
We are delighted that Bradshaw Trees Law has been ranked as a Leading Law Firm in the Legal 500, and…
No right to redundancy pay where the employee changes their mind about suitable alternative employment.
A Tribunal has held that an employee was not entitled to redundancy pay when she changed her mind about accepting…
Tribunal quarterly statistics for April to June 2023 and award statistics for 2022/2023 have been published
The latest quarterly statistics have been released by The Ministry of Justice (although they have included a word of caution…
New guidance from Acas issued on reasonable adjustments for mental health at work
There has been new guidance issued from Acas on reasonable adjustments for mental health at work which applies to both…
Annual Tribunal Limit Increases (also relevant to the calculation of statutory redundancy pay)
We have now received the regular annual increase in tribunal limits which will apply from 6th April. These will apply…
National Minimum Wage changes from 1 April 2023
The draft National Minimum Wage (Amendment) Regulations 2023 have been put before Parliament. From 1 April 2023, they change the…