Alicja Bielawska
Articles by Alicja Bielawska
20 Apr 2020
Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme – step by step guide for employers
The governmental guide published recently on-line provides the employers with information how to make a claim for reimbursement and what are the requirements for such application. Firstly, it guides through eligibility criteria that has to be met before the application is considered by the employer and submitted. The employer must agree with employee and subsequently […]
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13 Apr 2020
Coronavirus (COVID-19) An Update For Our Clients
Coronavirus (COVID-19) An Update For Our Clients With the current uncertainty around COVID-19, I want to reassure you that IMD Solicitors LLP is still open for business. Despite some of our colleagues working from home, we are, as always, committed to offering a seamless service. Our offices are still open where we are operating with […]
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1 Apr 2020
Employment – What You Should Know About IR35 Regulation
‘Employment in disguise’ – what you should know about IR35 regulation. The ironic thing about IR35 legislation is that when you type this phrase into Google, the first result that shows up is ‘IR35 changes’ and ‘IR35 how to avoid’. We know it also from our business clients that they are concerned and not sure […]
Read more 27 Mar 2020
Coronavirus – Advice for Employees
In this article we want to focus on employees, support employees can get and the issues they may have that are caused by the current coronavirus crisis. If you are an individual who is wondering what will happen with your workplace and if you are somehow protected under the circumstances, please stay with us and […]
Read more 24 Mar 2020
Coronavirus – Impact On Businesses And The Support Available
The outbreak of the COVID-19 coronavirus will place many businesses in a difficult financial position. As the chancellor, Mr Rishi Sunak stated at one of the daily briefings: ‘the coronavirus pandemic is a public health emergency. But it is also an economic emergency. We have never, in peacetime, faced an economic fight like this one’. […]
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18 Mar 2020
Employment – Preventing Claims of Stress at Work
Preventing claims of stress at work According to the Health & Safety Executive stress is ‘the adverse reaction people have to excessive pressures or other types of demand placed on them’ by their job. As an employer, you owe your employees a duty of care. That is, a duty to provide a work environment where […]
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11 Jun 2019
Beware employment law pitfalls when using agency workers
Some sectors, such as healthcare and construction, rely on a ready supply of temporary staff, and it is a rare business that does not need to use agency workers from time to time. The rights of agency workers have been under considerable government scrutiny recently, and changes are on the horizon that will affect any […]
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2 May 2019
Contract termination – securing the right to walk away
When negotiating a contract it is easy to become fixated on the terms governing who will do what, by when and for how much. However, equal thought needs to be given to what happens if things go wrong and in particular your rights of termination. As Olexandr Kyrychenko commercial contracts lawyer with IMD Solicitors in London explains: ‘There are a […]
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22 Feb 2019
Are you liable for the misdemeanours of your employees?
What do the following have in common? A managing director punches an employee; a self-employed doctor sexually assaults a bank’s prospective employees during pre-employment medical checks; a petrol station attendant violently assaults a customer; and an IT auditor releases personal data for staff at Morrisons? The answer: the employer was held for each of these incidents. In light of recent […]
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