Stephen Newman and Adam Cockroft from Ramsdens’ Company and Commercial team, with support from Chris Annable (commercial property) and Emily Walker (employment), have advised the Sellers in relation to Expect Distribution’s recent management buyout.
Employers should start to prepare for new laws requiring them to provide up to a week’s unpaid leave each year for employees who are also unpaid carers for certain ‘dependents’ with a long-term need for care outside the workplace, due in 2022.
Our Employment Partner, Gareth Dando has featured on EmployerNews.co.uk providing redundancy advice for company directors.
Employers, employees and the self-employed are planning for changes introduced by upcoming social care-related national insurance and dividend tax rises, and an eventual new Health and Social Care Levy.
Disabled employees and their employers are checking out the details of the government’s new National Disability Strategy and associated developments and considering what changes they may need to introduce to improve the workplace for disabled workers.
The Legal 500’s results for 2022 have been announced and we’re extremely proud to have ranked in 9 practice areas (Employment, Corporate & Commercial, Commercial Litigation, Commercial Property, Family, Personal Tax, Trusts and Probate, Contentious Probate, Clinical Negligence and Personal Injury) up one more than last year.
The Ramsdens Employment team are set to host a free training webinar in collaboration with Huddersfield Business Week, presented by KC Communications on Thursday 7 October between 10 – 11 am.
The Government has today published its’ response to the consultation on sexual harassment in the workplace.
As the furlough scheme begins to wind up we are likely to see an increase in the number of employees leaving their roles via settlement agreement. These are commonly used agreements designed to provide for a “clean break”.
Employers who plan to continue to allow home working on a significant scale, even when no longer required to do so under COVID-related restrictions, should ensure they formalise matters rather than continue to rely on any temporary, informal arrangements that applied during the restrictions.
In the case of Forstater v CGD Europe and others, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (“EAT”) has ruled that a gender critical belief that sex is immutable, whatever a person’s stated gender identity or gender expression, is a philosophical belief and is protected under the Equality Act 2010 (“the Equality Act”) and the European Convention on Human Rights.
Head of Employment Law, David Bradley, has featured on workingwise.co.uk weighing in on the compulsory Covid-19 vaccine debate.
Employers must avoid subjecting workers (as well as employees) to a detriment if they take steps to protect themselves from work risks, based on a reasonable belief their health and safety is at risk, under new employment laws in force from 31 May 2021.
Our Head of Employment, David Bradley has featured in ‘The Carer’, discussing whether or not the no jab or no job policy can be enforced in the care industry.
This area has been an integral feature of the pandemic. How we manage resource (and pay for it) and retain the best mix of talent for the future. We also know that a majority of businesses are considering additional hiring over the course of the rest of the year.
Ramsdens Corporate team, led by Partner Richard Dean with support from Emma Spragg, Gareth Dando in our Employment team and Simon Mills, in our Commercial Property, advised David and Adam Mosley on Huddersfield based Hartford Holdings’ acquisition of Traymate Products Limited, for an undisclosed sum as part of its ongoing expansion.
Nicole Natur, Solicitor in our Employment team at Ramsdens, has featured in the latest HR Grapevine article providing her professional opinion on whether HR have an issue with accent bias within the workplace.
An Employment Tribunal has ruled in the case of Kubilius v Kent Foods Ltd ET/3201960/2020 that an employer’s decision to dismiss an employee for refusing to wear a face mask at one of their client’s premises was fair.
The pandemic caused by Covid-19 and the resulting restrictions has touched all of us personally and in the way we conduct business.
Nicole Natur, Employment Solicitor at Ramsdens, has featured on MY Grapevine, discussing how gender parity and representation across all levels of seniority is something that “all employers should strive for”.
Our Employment Law Solicitor, Nicole Natur, joined discussions with Kait Borsay on Times Radio over the weekend to provide her legal expertise on discrimination against pregnant women in the workplace, an issue which has come to the forefront during the pandemic.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak, has announced the Budget for 2021 and has confirmed that the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (also known as furlough scheme) will be extended further beyond the end of April to the end of September.
David Bradley, Head of Employment at Ramsdens Solicitors, has featured on People Management, discussing a recent tribunal decision which has highlighted the importance of ensuring workplace training is effective and regularly reviewed.
The highly anticipated Supreme Court judgment in the case of Uber BV and others v Aslam and others has been released today with the Supreme Court ruling that Uber drivers are workers for the purposes of employment legislation.
Our Head of Employment, David Bradley, joined discussions with Rachel Burden on BBC Radio 5 Live this morning to provide his legal expertise on the issues around a ‘no jab, no job policy that some employers may wish to introduce.
Employers have recently understandably been focussing on matters relating to the impact of coronavirus and the ongoing Government measures in this regard. However, the Law goes on and therefore we have set out below some other key developments and upcoming dates that employers ought to be aware of.
Nicole Natur, Employment Solicitor at Ramsdens Solicitors has featured on Glamour Magazine online, giving straightforward guidance on workplace rights and to answer common employment law questions.
A further Treasury Direction was released on 26 January 2021 which updates the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS). Many will be pleased to note that the latest Treasury Direction makes only a few minor amendments to the existing scheme.
Nicole Natur from our Employment team discusses whether employers are legally able to insist that employees are required to receive the Covid-19 vaccine in her latest podcast.
David Bradley, Head of Employment at Ramsdens Solicitors, has featured on Lawyer Monthly, providing a checklist for employers to consider when trying to make savings to keep their business running in an article on how companies can survive Covid-19.
