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New Strategic Partnership
Employment Law Solutions are proud to announce a new partnership aimed at improving the ability of any business to defend itself from claims. Working alongside Hammersbach Consulting and Bartlett James a simple review will allow business owners to know if they have...
How do I manage my employees’ childcare issues?
For many parents the last 12 months since the outbreak of Covid-19 has meant a real battle between work commitments and childcare needs. With schools shut for many months, parents were forced to home-school and often, whilst keeping on top of their own work. We’ve...
Employment Q&A with Zoe Conning and Kevin Murphy
Estate Agency and Lettings HR Headaches with Zoe Conning, Director of Amplo Lettings. On Monday 1 March, Kevin Murphy, Director of Employment Law Solutions sat down with Zoe Conning, Director of Amplo Lettings over Zoom to discuss the Estate Agency and...
What is a flexible working request?
Did you know that a request from an employee to change their hours or place of work is a formal flexible working request? What is a flexible working request? Any employee with 26 weeks continuous service has the right to request flexible working. It doesn’t...
Employment Law Forecast Webinar
WEDNESDAY 31 MARCH 2021 - 10 AM 2021 has got off to a gusty start and probably not the new start to a year that we hoped. Although 2020 was a year we could not have predicted, we have a better feeling about 2021 and are here to help you with a Webinar on our...
Why Employment Contracts are important in Estate Agency and Lettings
When was the last time you read or updated your employees’ contracts? Have you googled ‘Employee contract template’? We know you have. It’s especially important in Estate Agency and Lettings to get the contract right. We’re sorry but a google template won’t cut...
The “Broken” Employment Tribunal System
On Monday 1 February 2021 The Times reported that the employment tribunal system is broken. Aside from identifying some issues which may have given rise to an increase in claims in both volume and complexity, it went on to condemn ill-trained and inadequate judges....
Furlough Extension – April 2021
Just as we thought 2020 had given us everything it could throw at us, an update today from Chancellor Rishi Sunak has confirmed furlough will be extended until the end of April 2021 with the government continuing to contribute 80% towards wages. Here are the related...
Employers claiming furlough to be published by HMRC
HMRC will be publishing the names of employers who claim furlough payments under the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme for periods on or after 1 December 2020. The Government will publish the information listed below on GOV.UK: the employer name an indication of the...