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Using technology to enable up to 50% saving in specialist will writing services.
In order to raise awareness of the importance of making a Will, Wollens are offering up to 50% off their standard fee* when clients opt to use the online questionnaire. Click here to find out more or email us info@wollens.co.uk . The outbreak of coronavirus has...
Marriage Discrimination
One of the least often claimed grounds of discrimination is marriage and civil partnership. Prejudice against married people is hardly widespread and there are few circumstances in which an employer might treat an employee less favourably because they were married....
Transfer of Undertakings – changing contracts
The Transfer of Undertakings Regulations (known as TUPE) provide that an employee’s terms and conditions cannot be changed because of the transfer of their employment from one employer to another. It has been argued in the past that this provision only applies to...
Right to Work
An employer must be careful to avoid employing someone who does not have the right to work in the UK. Doing so knowingly is a criminal offence and inadvertently employing someone who is working illegally can lead to a civil penalty of up to £20,000 for an employer who...
Unfair dismissal – gross misconduct
In considering a wrongful dismissal claim, the Tribunal needs to decide whether or not the employee is guilty of gross misconduct. When it comes to unfair dismissal that is precisely what the Tribunal should not do – at least until it comes to assess compensation. It...
Wrongful dismissal
An employee dismissed without notice will often claim both unfair and wrongful dismissal. These are two distinct claims. Unfair dismissal is concerned with the reasonableness of the employer’s decision to dismiss the employee. Wrongful dismissal is a contractual claim...
Redundancy
It is now common practice for employers to select employees for redundancy based on their performance at an interview. Often this process appears to be similar to a recruitment exercise, with the employer selecting those who will be offered a place in the new...
Flexible Furlough Scheme
From this month the new Flexible Furlough Scheme is in operation. Under the old scheme an employee had to be furloughed for at least 21 days and could perform no work in that time. The new scheme allows for a furlough of any period and for employees to work part-time....
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Companies need to get it right to protect against competition
Companies looking to protect their business by relying on non-compete clauses for key employees should check that any post-termination restrictions are reasonable. When an employee leaves and there is a threat of commercially sensitive information about operations and...
Why should you consider having a Lasting Power of Attorney in place?
What is a Lasting Power of Attorney? A Lasting Power of Attorney (LPA) is a legal document which allows you to appoint up to four people of your choice to make decisions on your behalf, should you ever become unable to do so yourself or would simply like to have help...
Neither better nor worse – how TUPE protects when employees transfer
The directors of a property management company ran into a brick wall when they tried to boost their benefits package before transferring to a new employer under the TUPE employment protection regulations. TUPE – which stands for the Transfer of Undertakings...
Business Insurance claim rejected?
Many businesses carry insurance which covers them for losses which arise when they cannot carry out business as usual due to an event such as a natural disaster or disease outbreak. However, the response of insurers in many cases has been to decline insurance claims...
Using technology to enable up to 50% saving in specialist will writing services.
In order to raise awareness of the importance of making a Will, Wollens are offering up to 50% off their standard fee* when clients opt to use the online questionnaire. Click here to find out more or email us info@wollens.co.uk . The outbreak of coronavirus has...
Moving home and Covid-19
Everybody in the country is feeling uncertain during these unprecedented times, who would have thought that we would have to go into total lockdown during our lifetime. There has been concern that the property market will suffer the most, but at Wollens we have not...