by Sarah Bott | May 17, 2021 | Employment Law, Free Advice
For the first time in seven years, work-life balance has trumped salary as the main thing prospective employees look for in a job. Research by Randstad revealed that 65% of workers ranked it as the most important consideration when looking for a new role. The way we...
by Sarah Bott | May 10, 2021 | Employment Law, Free Advice, Legal, Uncategorized
Amidst the doom and gloom of the enforced lockdown due to COVID, there were also many heartening stories of new businesses being founded. Many of these businesses were started by friends, or maybe an existing business had to reinvent itself in order to survive. In...
by Sarah Bott | Apr 28, 2021 | Employment Law, Free Advice, Property
During the lockdown period, thousands of people took the opportunity to repair and upgrade their homes. Often, tradespeople were employed to carry out these works. However, what happens if you engage the services of a seemingly reputable tradesman and things do not...
by Sarah Bott | Mar 24, 2021 | Employment Law
The Supreme Court has recently issued its much anticipated Judgment in the case of Royal Mencap Society v Tomlinson-Blake. In a long-awaited Judgment regarding the rules of paying workers for ‘sleep-in’ shifts, it has finally been determined that anyone working a...
by PGM Solicitors | Sep 18, 2020 | Employment Law
For those of you who have domestic customers there is a piece of legislation which is little known but of great significance. These are the Consumer Contracts (Information, Cancellation and Additional Charges) Regulations 2013. These Regulations apply where the...
by PGM Solicitors | Jul 2, 2020 | Employment Law
From the 1 July, as part of the Governments plan to re-open the UK and kick-start our economy, employers can now bring furloughed employees back to work, while still being able to claim under the CJRS for the hours not worked. The new arrangement is known as...
