Employment Law
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Government consultation recently closed on 29th April this year which looked at regulation of confidentiality clauses within non-disclosure agreements or NDAs. In the employment context this means confidentiality clauses as...
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Case update: Brazel v The Harpur [2019] EWCA Civ 1402 At the beginning of the year, we reported on the Employment Appeal Tribunal’s decision in the case of Brazel v...
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An update on the rights of EU Citizens to work in the UK after Brexit. Current position citizens of EU Member States have the right to live and work in...
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Three years after the UK’s decision to leave the EU, we continue to see a split in society and the profound feelings of some areas in opposition to immigration and...
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All employees that have been employed for 26 weeks or more have the right to request flexible working patterns, without having to give any reason. However, research released today by...
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The Employment Lawyers Association revealed survey results on 25 June 2019 on the topic of Employment Tribunals. The survey, which ran for three weeks between May and June 2019, found...
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A straw poll of over 100 Human Resources (HR) professionals, taken at a conference in the region this week, revealed that 94% are now taking positive steps within their businesses...
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In February, the Liverpool Employment Tribunal heard that Cheshire Police had not given a job to an individual because he was white, male and heterosexual, due to the Police force’s...
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The Court of Appeal has given its judgment in the much anticipated combined appeals of Ali v Capita Customer Management Ltd and Chief Constable of Leicestershire v Hextail. The question...
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Ashtons Legal has advised owner Joseph Fogel on the acquisition of his company Vaiopak Limited by the Irish food services and distribution group Zeus Packaging. TLT LLP acted for Zeus....
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It is a relatively common practice for employers to offer some form of long term disability benefit to their employees, usually covered by an insurance policy. However, recent developments have...
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The European Union have agreed a further delay to the Article 50 deadline (and therefore Brexit) until 31 October unless a withdrawal agreement can be agreed and ratified earlier. As...
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