Jun 6, 2022 | Employment Law
19th July 2021 saw the United Kingdom open back up in what was dubbed “Freedom Day” following careful navigation of the Government’s roadmap out of lockdown. Resultantly, employers could see a marked increase in formal flexible working requests going forward,...
Feb 28, 2022 | Employment Law
Who are ACAS and what is ACAS early conciliation? ACAS is an impartial form of mediation and ACAS early conciliation (as explained on ACAS’ website): “We offer talks to try and make a legal agreement without going to an employment tribunal” ACAS early conciliation is...
Feb 28, 2022 | Employment Law
Why should parties agree to a judicial mediation? The headline statistic is that over 65% of cases mediated reach a successful settlement on the day of mediation itself. Further many more cases settle prior to the final hearing as the judicial mediation has brought...
Feb 28, 2022 | Employment Law
As a firm we act on a number of insurance backed claims both for Respondents and Claimants. For the purpose of this blog, I will focus attention on a potential Claimant looking to bring an employment tribunal claim. Funding options One of the most daunting prospects a...
Dec 10, 2021 | Employment Law
Brief facts There has been some criticism around a boss of a US firm who fired around 900 of his staff on a single zoom call. Vishal Garg delivered the news to his colleagues that the firm were making redundancies due to the market, efficiency and performances and...
Sep 27, 2021 | Employment Law
Current Furlough position As has been planned for some time, the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) is due to end on 30 September 2021. Whilst the CJRS was due to come to a close originally back in April 2021, this was further extended to deal with the...
