Employment bulletin August 2014
Our August bulletin looks at whether obesity can amount to a disability, whether employers can upgrade a disciplinary sanction on appeal and the risks of badly worded post-termination restraints.
Our August bulletin looks at whether obesity can amount to a disability, whether employers can upgrade a disciplinary sanction on appeal and the risks of badly worded post-termination restraints.
FSP helps Oxford Capital Partners invest with Intent.
Our July bulletin looks at whether an employer can penalise an employee for failing to work their notice period and an important change to zero hours contracts.
Our June bulletin offers some advice to get you through the World Cup and Wimbledon, highlights changes needed to flexible working policies, and considers the effect of tribunal fees on claim numbers.
FSP corporate team advises Hives on the merger of its business with Smiths Gore.
Team led by Penelope Garden advises on a strategic acquisition.
May’s bulletin investigates the risks associated with employing illegal workers, highlights the pitfalls of being customarily generous with redundancy payments, and reports on two recent TUPE cases.
Michael Higgin, Partner in the commercial property team, comments on the restoration of normality in cases where tenants holdover premises, the Court of Appeal decision in Erimus Housing.
How to protect your assets and those of your loved ones during lifetime and on death.
Revised guidance from the Department for Education may help schools with their reporting obligations.
James Burgess considers the impact of the recent amendment to the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 1995 for rural communities.
This month’s bulletin includes details of our breakfast briefings and the new compensation limits, discusses a variety of cases and reflects on the current state of collective redundancy consultation.