When an employee is invited to attend a disciplinary hearing they may try to delay matters by...

Prudent employers will have an alcohol and drug policy in place.  That policy usually states...

Businesses in Basildon, Southend and the rest of south Essex that are planning legal action...

Many directors and owners of companies will have been asked, at some point, to provide a...

The ACAS Early Conciliation procedure (EC) was introduced on 6 April 2014 and became mandatory...

Staff handbooks can be very useful for both employers and employees.  It is vitally...

Employers will be aware of a recent decision that non-guaranteed overtime must be taken into...

Employers are dismayed when one of their employees is paid sick pay but they later discover that...

The Finance Act 2014, which became law in July, is threatening some companies with insolvency. ...

The underlying principle of equal pay is that men and women should receive the same pay for the...

Essex businesses have put in another solid performance over the last 12 months, driven by a...

Employees are entitled to take a reasonable amount of unpaid time off work to deal with situations...

When a building contract comes to an end, there are often snags or remedial works that are already...

There is a great deal of confusion about what is meant by the term “consequential...

One little known element of the Agricultural Tenancies Act 1995 is that tenants of Farm Business...

The natural tendency when a business moves is to focus on the new premises.  However, when a...

In 2003 the Employment Appeal Tribunal clarified that obesity was not an impairment in itself when...

An employee can claim constructive dismissal if they are able to show that the employer committed...

If you sell goods, as part of your credit control arrangements your business to business terms...

We often find that clients are confused about what constitutes an agent. Essentially, an agent is...