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February 2012
Putting lawyers in touch with the youth of Oldham
Pearson Hinchliffe partner, Michael Pitt, takes over as 2012 Oldham Law Association President.
MoreRoyal Mail and CWU in talks to avert postal strike
20th October 2009
Although talks between Royal Mail and the Communication Workers' Union are continuing the likelihood is that there will be national postal strikes on Thursday 22nd October and Friday 23rd October 2009.
Royal Mail are advising customers to post mail before or after the action has taken place as a delay to the mail posted on Thursday and Friday is inevitable.
This is the information on the Royal Mail website as of 20th October 2009, as to what plans they are putting in place to try and minimise disruption:
|
Date |
Function striking |
General service impact |
|
Thursday 22nd October |
Mail Centres & Network Distribution Units. |
Limited processing, movement & collection of ordinary mail (if local collections performed by staff at a Mail Centre). |
|
Friday 23rd October |
Delivery Offices & Collection Units. |
Limited delivery & collection of ordinary mail (if local collections performed by staff at the Delivery Office). |
- “If national industrial action takes place, Royal Mail has strong contingency plans in place and will do everything possible to keep mail moving and minimise disruption for our customers.
- Keep mail moving - hundreds of managerial and contract drivers will move mail around the country on strike days.
- Delivering mail – We’ll continue to prioritise Special Delivery™ and Royal Mail Tracked™ mail for delivery on strike days, however the nature of the CWU action means we cannot guarantee doing so. In order to provide customers with clear guidance on service, we will be removing the Special Delivery guarantee for items posted on Thursday 22nd and Friday 23rd which would be due for delivery on Friday 23rd October and Saturday 24th respectively. We will restore the guarantee of delivery as soon as we can be sure of being able to honour the service promise. We expect to be able to do this by Monday 26th.
- Use of managerial and support resources on strike days to maintain premium services, open callers’ offices and to collect from Post Office branches and as many posting boxes as possible.
- Supporting goods distribution - we have additional sorting and distribution capacity in place to aid the distribution of packets through our network.
- Targeted recovery - concentrating managerial and support resources on affected areas to deliver mail after the strikes.”
For further updates please go to: www.royalmail.com
January 2012
Company and commercial law reforms to reduce red tape
Companies of all shapes and sizes have been asked for their views on how to tackle unnecessary bureaucracy in company and commercial law.
MoreJanuary 2012
Increase in unfair dismissal qualifying period will apply only to new employees
From 6 April 2012 the qualifying period of service for making a claim increases from one to two years.
MoreJanuary 2012
Maximum compensation for unfair dismissal increases from 1 February 2012
Annual revision of employment tribunal award limits and other amounts payable under employment legislation.
MoreDecember 2011
Health and safety laws to be cut by half
Government plans to slash health and safety red tape will mean substantial savings for small firms, business groups have said.
MoreNovember 2011
Weight Watchers case: the importance to employers of employment status.
The Upper Tier Tribunal holds 1,700 ‘leaders’ at Weight Watchers were employees for tax purposes.
MoreSeptember 2011
How to Conduct a Disciplinary Hearing
A recent presentation by Employment solicitor, Susan Mayall, setting out the stages for handling a disciplinary, referencing the ACAS Code of Conduct.
June 2011
ACAS Advice leaflet “Holidays and Holiday Pay”
Download the guidance covering arrangements for holidays and holiday pay.
October 2010
Recent Case Study: Commercial Landlord and Tenant - An Authorised Guarantee Agreement
Authorised Guarantee Agreements keep the original tenant on the hook in case a third party assignee defaults; they should be drafted with care.
July 2010
Recent Case Study: Doing Battle in the Boardroom
How Pearson Hinchliffe Commercial Law helped members of the Board of Directors achieve the outcome they sought in their boardroom dispute with a senior executive director.
May 2010
How the Mergers & Acquisitions team helped Lanes Group PLC achieve their LAS sell-off
Drainage specialists dispose £12.3 million majority stake in Lanes Assistance Services.
March 2010
PH Employment Direct
The Employment team at Pearson Hinchliffe Commercial Law have created PH Employment Direct - a user-friendly and simple service that gives you access to the best advice at the end of a phone 24hrs a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year.
February 2010
Oldham Construction Sector
On 3 February 2010 Corporate Commercial partner Roger Hinchliffe delivered a presentation entitled, ‘Joint Ventures’ to the Oldham Construction Sector group.
January 2010
Debt Recovery Service
With our specialist commercial Debt Recovery service you can significantly increase the speed and likelihood of recovering the money owed to your business.