Alicja Bielawska
Articles by Alicja Bielawska
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 […]
Read more 19 Jan 2019
Grumbles or grievances – why you need to take employee complaints seriously
Receiving a grievance from an employee is rarely welcome – dealing with it can soak up resources, cause disquiet among other employees and in some cases escalate into a dispute which ends up before an employment tribunal. However, as Marcin Durlak, Partner and employment lawyer with IMD Solicitors in London, Manchester and Birmingham explains, handling grievances properly is a useful […]
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5 Sep 2017
Free Initial Legal Advice at Goniec Polish Festival 2017
Poles seeking legal advice at the Goniec Polish Festival in London can count on IMD Solicitors this weekend. Our Polish speaking experts will be present in the dedicated Business Village marquee between 3:00 pm and 4:00 pm on Saturday, 9 September 2017. We can assist with legal issues for both individuals and businesses so no matter what […]
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3 Sep 2017
Goniec Polish Festival 2017 – Will you be there?
IMD Solicitors will be joining over 20,000 Poles on Ealing Common in London for the Goniec Polish Festival on Saturday, 9 September at 02:00 pm. The event, which has been an annual celebration for eight years now, brings together Polish communities from around the UK and abroad. This year there will be fun for all […]
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13 Aug 2017
TRIBUNAL FEES ABOLISHED – IS YOUR BUSINESS AT RISK?
The process for one of your employees making an employment tribunal claim in the UK against you recently got a lot easier. The Supreme Court made the decision recently that Tribunal fees are unlawful and have since their introduction in June 2013, denied employees access to Justice. As a result tribunal fees were, on Wednesday, […]
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17 Jul 2017
IMD SOLICITORS CONQUERS MOUNT SNOWDON FOR UNICEF
IMD SOLICITORS CONQUERS MOUNT SNOWDON FOR UNICEF We recently worked toward a shared mission to conquer Wales’ highest mountain, Snowdon, to raise funds for UNICEF. Teams from our Manchester and London offices arrived in sunny Wales on Saturday, 1 July at 12 noon to begin the climb via Mount Snowdon’s Llanberis path. For much of […]
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