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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 […]

Coronavirus Impact On Businesses And The Support Available

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 […]

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’. […]

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 […]

1 Aug 2019

Best or reasonable endeavours? What a difference a word makes

Once signed, a contract represents a formal record of the agreement made between you and your customer. The obligations under that agreement are often absolute, with any failure to satisfy them will be considered a breach of contract which could result in a dispute, and considerable expense. With this in mind, there may well be circumstances […]

10 Jul 2019

One year of GDPR: staying on the right side of the regulations

We are now one year into the new, tougher data protection regime under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). As Marcin Durlak, an employment law expert with IMD Solicitors explains, Brexit or no Brexit, these rules are not going away any time soon. Marcin Durlak takes us through what the first year has taught us and provides a checklist to help employers […]

17 Jun 2019

Selling your company – handle warranties with care

After years of hard work building up a business, the prospect of selling it on to another company or the current management team will be the light at the end of the tunnel. Unless you are a serial entrepreneur, a more leisurely life is ahead when the stresses and strains of running a business will […]

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 […]

6 Jun 2019

Merging with another privately-owned company

A merger occurs when two companies, which are often about the same size, agree to join together to form a new entity. Mergers are friendly, whereas acquisitions tend to be more hostile and occur when a target company realizes that they have no option but to ensure their survival by being bought by the other […]

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