Boardroom struggle at LFC highlights potential turf war for businesses
These days we are used to hearing about the power boardroom struggle between the owners of a football club and its manager but this week’s High Court battle between the…
Equality Act 2010
The Equality Act 2010 is arguably the most important piece of employment legislation for many years. It has the express aim of harmonising and strengthening existing equality legislation and its…
Need-to-know facts about minimum wage changes
All employers should be aware of significant changes to the National Minimum Wage, which took effect on October 1. Businesses that fail to implement the new National Minimum Wage changes…
Why now is a good time to review your terms & conditions
The onset of the recent recession and continuing difficulties in the economic climate highlight numerous risks when entering into new business relationships. A number of recent cases have brought to…
Default retirement age of 65 to be phased out from April 2011
The Government has announced details of how it is proposing to remove the default retirement age of 65, currently permitted by the Employment Equality (Age) Regulations 2006. It proposes to…
Marked increase in claims by employees
The Tribunals Service has published its annual statistics for 1 April 2009 to 31 March 2010. The number of claims submitted by employees has increased 56% from the previous year.…
