Employment
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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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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