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Volunteers and the law - 26th Oct 2009
Why it is vital employers follow basic rules with unpaid workers.
Useful Articles
“Harassment is a form of discrimination” - 30th Apr 2009
Employers break the law by harassing or discriminating against an employee because he or she looks after a disabled person.
Contingency planning and disaster recovery - 12th Jan 2009
Does your company have a plan?
Are the age police scouring your company’s job advertisements? - 5th Jan 2009
Employment Law Partner, Michael Pitt, on making company recruitment advertising comply with discrimination legislation.
European Parliament votes to scrap working time opt-out - 18th Dec 2008
MEPs vote to cap working week at 48 hours.
‘The ranks of the rank’. A great unwashed workforce? - 13th Nov 2008
An irreverant look at the potentially serious consequences of unpleasant habits in the workplace.
Big Brother In the Workplace - 14th Oct 2008
Half of all UK employees are now sureveiled by employers, but industrial relations could be soured.
Planning “compulsory” annual leave - 24th Jul 2008
Employers can insist that their workers take annual leave at certain times of the year – during a Christmas shutdown, for example – but only in certain circumstances.
CCTV in the workplace - 5th May 2008
From fitness centres to furniture showrooms and from tyre fitters to tool grinders, many of the businesses we visit these days seem to have closed-circuit television (CCTV).
Victimisation in the workplace - 21st Apr 2008
The Underworld garment factory in TV soap Coronation Street has never been known as the home of harmonious industrial relations.
Corporate Manslaughter Act and the events industry - 21st Apr 2008
Would you like to do a spot of sky-diving or snowboarding? Maybe you’d prefer paint-balling or parachuting? Or then again, perhaps canoeing or kayaking are more your style
Using a mobile whilst driving during work - 3rd Mar 2008
Did you hear what the Scottish safety expert is alleged to have done when he realised he was going to be late for the first-aid seminar he was supposed to teach?
iPod use in the workplace - 25th Feb 2008
Employers who invested in creating open plan offices to promote better communication now have a new barrier to contend with – the MP3 player.
Increased holiday entitlement carries £4-billion-a-year cost - 22nd Feb 2008
How does the idea of up to 40 per cent more paid time off every year sound to you? Wonderful if you are an employee, of course, but a nightmare if you own a marginal business that is only just covering its costs.
February 2012
Putting lawyers in touch with the youth of Oldham
Pearson Hinchliffe partner, Michael Pitt, takes over as 2012 Oldham Law Association President.
MoreJanuary 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.