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Research has shown that bosses and line managers who encourage their staff to continually go above and beyond their contractual duties at work could actually be having a detrimental effect on their health.
Recently there has been a story in the news about a 27 year old woman who began a temping job at a prestigious London firm. The lady arrived on her first day wearing flat shoes as she knew that part of her job would require her to be on her feet for most of the day...
The Citizens Advice Bureau have recently reported a 25% increase of queries from women who are experiencing discrimination in the work place because they are pregnant or since they have returned to work after their maternity leave...
A Yorkshire based nurse took her local ambulance service, who are part of the NHS Trust, to an Employment Tribunal after she received a conditional offer of employment which was withdrawn once they received her reference and an Occupational Therapy report.
This year sees the start of Ramadan’s religious observance on for 30 days from 6th June. Ramadan it is a dedicated time in the Muslim calendar to focus on spirituality during which they cannot consume food between the sun rising and falling each day...
A Leicester based company have sacked a member of their staff who was a whistle-blower. He wanted to expose their ill treatment of staff and the tactics they had developed to avoid paying the national living wage...
Retail giant Sport Direct has been accused by MP’s of treating their staff like “commodities rather than human beings” further to a report carried out by the Business, Innovation and Skills committee...
We have moved! The paint is dry, the boxes have been unpacked and the system has been successfully set up in our new open plan head office on Dominus Way...
A woman who was falsely proposed to by her long-term partner has been awarded £300,000 in the profits from the £1 million home he has recently sold. The judge ruled that this was the price he was required to pay to her because he had denied her the type of financial security that a wife would be bestowed...
MP’s have reacted to the dramatic increase in the discrimination that pregnant women and new mothers face in the work place...
Most people will have seen the Deliveroo vehicles around and about recently. They are a symbol of the modern economy in that they allow for a fast and flexible way of providing food to customers. This flexibility has not however been reflected in notable warranties and indemnities that have been placed into the contracts of Deliveroo workers...
In recent months a number of employers have been accused of not paying staff minimum wage include Deliveroo, Uber, Hermes and Sports Direct. Nearly all the staff of the first three businesses are classed as ‘self employed workers’...
UK darts player Phil ‘The Power’ Taylor has divorced his wife of 26 years and now has to pay her half of his £3 million fortune...
After an unrelenting eight-year feud, a couple vow to jail their elderly neighbour if he steps foot on the grass verge outside his home...
Heavyweight UK supermarket Asda have had to respond to more than 9,500 of their female staff who have complained that they are paid between £1 and £3 less per hour than their male counterparts who work in the company warehouses and distribution facilities...
A London employment tribunal has ruled that drivers for the ride-hailing app will be entitled to holiday pay, paid rest breaks and the national minimum wage, dealing a major blow to Uber...
Returning to work after being diagnosed with cancer might be a daunting experience but you should be able to rely on support from your employer and colleagues, yet research from the charity Macmillan shows almost one-fifth of people diagnosed with cancer face work place discrimination...
The National Housing Federation has approached the Government with a proposal that would allow people who rent houses to have the opportunity to purchase them after 25 years. If they are granted funding they have said they will be able to build 335,000 new homes over the next four years...
Following the UK’s Brexit decision in June, and the recent parliamentary debate on workers’ rights, there have been limited assurances surrounding the future of UK employment law, many of which conjoin with EU Law, despite the economic growth...
Why is it that when performance is mentioned in a business environment, people become panicked and worried? Has the word performance management been negatively associated with business development and regularly misused...
Contractual documentation has revealed temporary ASOS warehouse staff receiving lesser wages for three months than regulations allow. The policy could potentially mean that the retailer has avoided paying out thousands of pounds to its temporary staff....
The Christmas party season can be a difficult one for employees and employers to navigate. It is a balancing act between ensuring employees enjoy themselves, yet maintain standards that are to be expected at a work event...
Within the Summer Budget of 2015 came the announcement of the Residence Nil Rate Band (RNRB) which will come into force in April 2017...
A recent report by the Law Commission has outlined a package of reforms, making the law governing the enforcement of family financial orders more effective, accessible and fair...
The Government are currently holding a consultation, the terms of which would effectively make it impossible for up to 800,000 people (according to National Accident Helpline research) to claim compensation for their injuries or being able to access legal support for free...
Last night, 14 of the Lawson-West team took part in the Leicester Legal Walk.
A recent case heard in the Court of Appeal is yet another example of the willingness of the courts to look beyond the written terms of the contract to analyse the actual relationship between the parties. Mr Smith had signed an agreement with Pimlico Plumbers (PP) in 2009 in which he agreed to the following terms:
Lawson-West proved that an NHS Bank Healthcare Assistant working on a zero hours’ contract had been an employee though she had no obligation to accept work offered to her.
This week is national diabetes week at the theme this year is ‘Know Diabetes, Fight Diabetes’.
A 24 year old man died at a party hosted by his employer at his home in 2015. The mans widow is now seeking £1 million in compensation for her loss and for the wages her husband would have earned during his lifetime.
The number of employment tribunal claims fell by almost 20% in the quarter following the introduction of fees in 2013. Official quarterly employment tribunal statistics...
The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development has urged SMEs to plan ahead for auto-enrollment to pension schemes to avoid unnecessary costs and also guarantee they get access to the best advice and pension schemes...
The key question to ask when setting up a website or even if you already have one up and running is this:- is it mine? Around this question are a million and one other questions...
Businesses that sell goods and services to consumers over the internet should face criminal penalties if they fail to display details on cancellation rights, according to the Trading Standards Institute...
Online giant eBay has said it is forcing users to change their passwords after discovering that a database containing user details was hacked between late February and early March...
A survey commissioned by employee benefits company Unum has discovered that as many as a third of employees would consider leaving their employer over wellbeing concerns...
The new Collective Redundancies & Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2014, (known as TUPE 2014), will come into force tomorrow, 31 January...
New research by the Institute of Leadership and Management has found that nearly half of UK managers work at least one extra day of overtime per week...
Recruitment firm Reed have published a report showing that more employees value good communications skills in their managers than value strong leadership qualities...
Further to its promise in 2015, the government has now confirmed that the National Living Wage for 25+ year olds will come into force on 1st April this year...
From 1st July employers will need to take overtime and commission into account when calculating holiday pay, so that it is calculated on an employee’s actual earnings...
The flexible working regulations 2014 come into force on 30th June and give all workers who have been employed for 26 weeks the right to request flexible working...
A new survey from Regus has shown that more than half of employers are reporting an increase in stress-related illness in the workplace since the economic downturn began, but, that flexible working can actually reduce work-related stress...
Acas is to amend its "Code of practice on disciplinary and grievance procedures" following a recent Employment Appeal Tribunal ruling...
Data from the Office for National Statistics shows average pay in the UK grew more than inflation for the first time in five years...
In a speech recently, the head of the Serious Fraud Office denied that the lack of prosecutions under the Bribery Act shows that the legislation is not working...
Lawson-West Commercial look forward to welcoming a number of guests at tomorrow's Leicestershire Law Society dinner and annual legal awards...
As a business owner, do you pay yourself and others by way of a dividend? If so, do you know the rules? It was recently reported in the news that the fashion giant Next...
From 1st January 2017 negotiations began to determine the rights of French employees to ignore their work phones after the working day. The advent of smartphones mean that staff always have access to their work which in turn makes it harder for them to completely switch off when they are at home.
