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  • Termination of employment

    Inbrief

    03 August 2023

    Terminating employment can create several tricky issues for the employer, including claims of wrongful or unfair dismissal. To minimise the likelihood of such claims, and to ensure that the process is managed in the best possible way, it is important that employers are alive to the issues that may arise if a contract of employment is terminated. See also our Inbrief on Settlement agreements, which looks at the most common means for employers and employees to settle claims and/or effect a clean break from the employment relationship.

  • Remote working overseas

    Inbrief

    04 July 2023

    The Covid-19 pandemic caused many employees to ask if they could work from “home” from an overseas country. Several years on, it’s clear that the wish to work abroad – either on a temporary basis, or in some cases indefinitely – is part of a permanent sea change in working practices. Technology makes it possible – but this Inbrief explains the potential legal issues and how to avoid the traps.

  • Corporate mistakes your business may have made... and what you should do about them

    Inbrief

    08 June 2023

    Corporate requirements can be fiddly and, sometimes, unintuitive. It is easy for businesses to trip up on corporate issues. In this series we look at 10 of the most common corporate mistakes companies make, and, more importantly, what they should do about them.

  • Contracts of employment

    Inbrief

    17 May 2023

    A contract of employment can be a written document, a verbal agreement, or a mixture of the two. Even where the employer and employee have agreed express terms, certain terms are always implied into every contract of employment. Understanding the full effect of the contract of employment is important because it forms the basis of many of the legal rights and obligations which govern the employment relationship.

  • Alternative dispute resolution in the workplace

    Inbrief

    02 May 2023

    Workplace disputes are disruptive and, in many cases, expensive for businesses, particularly if they result in litigation. It will often be in the interests of both parties to a dispute to avoid litigation except as a last resort. This depends on the parties’ understanding that there are alternative means of resolving disputes. There are a range of methods of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) available. Making the appropriate choice at the most suitable point in a dispute gives employers the best chance of keeping cost and workplace disruption to a minimum.

  • Frequently asked questions on termination payments

    Inbrief

    29 March 2023

    Our FAQs Inbrief looks at some of the common tax questions that arise on termination of employment.

  • Company’s register of people with significant control (PSCs)

    Inbrief

    22 March 2023

    Most UK companies and LLPs are required to find out and record details of the individuals or legal entities that have significant beneficial ownership or control over them. The information must be recorded in the company’s register of people with significant control (PSC register) as part of its statutory books.

  • Unitary Patent and Unified Patent Court (UPC)

    Inbrief

    02 March 2023

    The German government has now ratified the Agreement on a Unified Patent Court (UPC), meaning that the UPC will become operational on 1 June 2023.

  • Insolvency and TUPE

    Inbrief

    04 January 2023

    Buying from an administrator can be a golden opportunity to pick up a business at a substantial discount to market value. It is a chance for a fresh start, without the debt and creditor demands experienced by the insolvent owner. But no business can run without people – and employment law tends to protect employees.

  • Compliance requirements for new employers in Great Britain

    Inbrief

    14 December 2022

    When setting yourself up as an employer in Great Britain it is important to ensure that you understand and follow all the relevant rules. This Inbrief summarises the main legal obligations and administrative requirements that apply to new employers.

  • What’s the value in updating my articles of association?

    Inbrief

    01 December 2022

    There is no obligation to keep your articles of association (articles) up to date but there are benefits. It would be cost effective to update your articles to reflect, and take advantage of, the current statutory regime, most notably the Companies Act 2006 (the Act) which replaced the Companies Act 1985. This guide explains why.

  • Tax rules for employment intermediaries - what this means for agencies and employment businesses

    Inbrief

    31 October 2022

    Over recent years a number of anti-avoidance measures have been introduced in a bid to tackle “disguised employment”. Disguised employment refers to those situations where arrangements are implemented to falsely treat employees or workers as self-employed, primarily to gain a tax or National Insurance Contributions (NICs) advantage.

  • Hybrid working arrangements

    Inbrief

    26 October 2022

    Long-term remote working arrangements have become increasingly common.

  • The Bribery Act 2010 - an employment law perspective

    Inbrief

    26 October 2022

    In recent years there has been increasing focus on anti-bribery and corruption. The Bribery Act 2010 created a regime of criminal offences described by the Director of the Serious Fraud Office as “the toughest bribery legislation in the world”.

  • Modern slavery - transparency in supply chains

    Inbrief

    17 October 2022

    Although many organisations take steps to promote ethical business practices and have policies to protect workers from being exploited, so-called “modern slavery” remains a global problem.

  • Menopause and work

    Inbrief

    11 October 2022

    Women over the age of 50 are the fastest growing group in the workforce. As more employees go through the menopause during their working lives, employers need to be aware of the impact in the workplace.

  • Venture capital in the US and UK – a comparison

    Inbrief

    26 September 2022

    The increasing number of innovative scale-up companies and the UK’s ability to attract world class talent means that the UK is an attractive destination for investments by US venture capital funds (US VCs). In turn, this means that US VCs have become an increasingly important source of capital for UK based high growth businesses.

  • Reducing business costs - alternatives to redundancy

    Inbrief

    12 September 2022

    When businesses run into financial difficulties and need to reduce costs, the knee-jerk reaction is often to consider the scope for job cuts. But redundancies are not a cheap option and, if mistakes are made in the way redundancies are handled, further costs may be incurred on account of tribunal claims.

  • Gender pay gap reporting

    Inbrief

    07 September 2022

    The Equality Act 2010 (Gender Pay Gap Information) Regulations 2017 (the “Regulations”) require employers to report on the gender pay gap in their organisation.

  • The FIFA World Cup 2022 - Ambush Marketing and the Law

    Inbrief

    09 August 2022

    The FIFA World Cup stimulates a frenzy of marketing activity – both official and unofficial. Qatar 2022 is unlikely to be any different.

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