Employee Rights
April 23, 2024
The employee’s right to be accompanied at formal disciplinary and grievance proceedings was formally introduced in 1999 and might be thought to be well understood. However, from time to time, queries are still raised as to whether an...
READ MOREDiscrimination Cases
March 4, 2024
A sensible question but one that has many potential answers! The first key point is that there is no qualifying service requirement to bring a discrimination claim. This is sometimes described as a day one right, however the right to...
READ MOREConstruction Contracts
February 23, 2024
In an ideal world, parties to construction contracts would spend time carefully mulling over the form of contract, specification and scope of works. They would rush off from site to carefully document agreements regarding additional work...
READ MOREEmployment Law
February 6, 2024
As an employment law solicitor, I am only too aware of some of the pitfalls facing employers across the private sector. Many of these pitfalls can be avoided however with a little planning and care. So what does my inbox tell me?
READ MORECode of Practice
January 15, 2024
To misquote Heraclitus “the only thing certain in life is change”. This applies equally to the workplace where changes to terms and conditions for many private sector employers can be a matter of business survival.
READ MOREEmployment Law
January 2, 2024
None of us can ignore the impact of AI in the workplace. Love it or loathe it, AI is here to stay! It is clear that there are a number of ways in which the application of AI can save time and money and that there are already a number...
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