Sep 16, 2024 | Andy’s Blog
In this first “Getting to Know” we talk to Andy Boyde from our Employment Law Team here at Consilia Legal. Andy is a former professional rugby player, Legal Director and Employment Law Solicitor. He specialises in advising individuals, owner-managed...
Aug 29, 2024 | Andy’s Blog, Employment Law
The Labour Manifesto (Labour’s plan to make work pay – Delivering a new deal for working people) (New Deal), contained the following wording: “Our New Deal will include basic individual rights from day one for all workers, ending the current arbitrary system that...
Aug 19, 2024 | Andy’s Blog, Employment Law
Sexual harassment occurs when a person engages in unwanted conduct of a sexual nature that has the purpose or effect of: Violating someone’s dignity; or Creating an intimidating, hostile, degrading, humiliating or offensive environment for them. Sexual harassment is...
Aug 8, 2022 | Andy’s Blog, Employment Law
Despite a 21% fall in redundancies in the UK over the last quarter, employees are still concerned about the prospect of being made redundant. According to data from Glassdoor, talk of redundancies has increased by 185% from March to June 2022 in employee reviews. It...
Aug 8, 2022 | Andy’s Blog, Employment Law
Despite rising interest rates and an uncertain economy, the number of planned redundancies in the UK fell by 21% in the last quarter, according to research conducted by GQ Littler. However, due to the war in Ukraine and the deteriorating wider economy, it may not be...
Aug 1, 2022 | Andy’s Blog, Employment Law
Summer 2022 has been a relatively busy time for Employment Law; this blog below highlights some of the areas of interest that will impact individuals and businesses going forward. The Employment Rights Bill was shelved in 2019 due to the more pressing needs of the...