Much has been written about Shared Parental Leave (SPL) in recent months, but now it is here! SPL can be taken by an employee who has a baby due on or after 5 April 2015, or a child placed for adoption on or after 5 April 2015....
On 9 March 2015 the Government substantially increased the Court fee for starting civil claims – in some cases by as much as 600%....
Our Malaysian delegates have now completed the second week of their UK placements. Last week they spent time with Reading Buses, Eurofoods Group, Hodge Bakshi Accountants, and Eden Motors Group. We are confident that they have gained a wealth of new skills and knowledge on strategic and commercial development from their experiences....
A recent Supreme Court case has provided clarification to landowners on whether a beach within a harbour can be registered as a town or village green....
UK Visas & Immigration ("UKVI") has recently announced a number of changes to the UK's immigration rules, most of which will take effect from 6 April 2015 and apply to new applications or extensions made on or after that date. Existing visas and applications submitted prior to 6 April will be subject to the rules currently in place....
In the holiday pay case of Lock v British Gas, which concerned commission payments, the European Court of Justice found that Mr Lock’s commission was intrinsically linked to his role as a salesman. Hence, his statutory holiday pay should include an amount to reflect the commission he would have earned had he not taken annual leave....
The Government has confirmed the measures that it intends to take to tackle avoidance of the forthcoming ban on exclusivity clauses in zero-hours contracts. There will be new protection from detriment for zero-hours contract workers who take jobs under other contracts and a minimum income level below which exclusivity clauses will be unenforceable....
Clarkslegal has been successfully re-appointed to the legal network panel of Carillion plc, one of the UK’s leading integrated support companies....
The UK Information Commissioner’s Office (“ICO”)has produced guidance on the new law surrounding enforced subject access requests. A copy of the that guidance may be found here. Employers seeking to obtain details of an existing or future employee’s criminal history must now do so through the correct channel. ...
It is not a new idea for retailers to seek to diversify their consumer offering in an attempt to encourage consumer activity. Sometimes it succeeds and sometimes it fails....
The EAT has considered for the first time the issues of whether the references to "a client" and "the client" in regulation 3(1)(b) of TUPE (which defines a service provision change) can cover "clients" in the plural. The employment tribunal held that it does not....
Clarkslegal’s international alliance, TAGLaw®, was recently ranked by Chambers & Partners as an “Elite” legal alliance in the publication’s annual Global rankings guide. As an independent member of TAGLaw, Clarkslegal can provide its clients with access to high quality legal, accounting and financial representation around the world....
Today George Osborne released the budget for 2015 and announced ‘the rich will pay the most’. He stated that £30bn worth of savings must be found, however insisted that the UK economy was improving and that “the sun is shining on Britain”. Here we look at the main points of the budget likely to affect businesses and employees....
With the general election looming, Mr Farage probably considers it a less than ideal time to become embroiled in a war of words with Channel 4. According to Channel 4, Mr Farage confirmed in an interview last autumn that he would scrap “much of” race discrimination law....
Forbury People are collaborating with Clarkslegal and The CEIP on an initiative aimed at strengthening the Malaysian university system. Four Malaysian university Vice Chancellors are currently in the UK undergoing placements with host companies who have kindly agreed to give up their time to support our initiative....
Where an employee is subjected to separate acts of harassment, can an employee’s subsequent resignation also amount to an act of harassment? The Employment Appeal Tribunal (“EAT”) recently had to consider this issue in Timothy James Consulting Ltd v Wilson [2015] UKEAT 0082/14....
Four Malaysian academics, all Vice Chancellors from top Malaysian Universities, have just arrived in London and Forbury People has been instrumental in bringing them to the UK. Here for four weeks, they are funded by the Malaysian government to observe UK business practice. Forbury People is collaborating with a top Malaysian Talent Management company and we have arranged for them to be hosted by a range of UK businesses for their professional development....
As is quite often the case in relation to building developments, a consultant will provide preliminary services to the developer in expectation of being awarded a contract to provide consultancy services for the entire project. In such circumstances, it can be difficult to ascertain who is liable for the cost of the consultant’s initial services, if the anticipated contract does not materialise....
It is important when deciding the criteria for bonus entitlement or when scoring employees during a redundancy exercise, that due consideration is given to whether an employee has been absent from work due to their disability....
In light of the controversy surrounding the payouts made to two former Tesco directors, there have been further calls , including from the City, for the notice periods in senior executives contracts to be reduced....