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Submitted: 09 May 2018
Dr Anne Sammon considers the recent EAT decision in Hextall v Chief Constable of Leicestershire Police.
Submitted: 12 April 2018
Dr Anne Sammon considers the implications for employers following the latest decision from the EAT regarding Shared Parental Leave.
Submitted: 20 June 2017
Dr Anne Sammon outlines the significance for employers over the latest tribunal decision concerning enhanced maternity pay.
Submitted: 31 January 2017
Dr Anne Sammon outlines the changes that we can expect in 2017.
Submitted: 29 March 2016
Dr Anne Sammon considers the likely impact on family-friendly policies with the Government’s anticipated plans for mandatory gender pay gap reporting.
Submitted: 22 March 2016
Dr Anne Sammon considers the important issues employers should be aware of when dealing with the provision of childcare vouchers during maternity leave.
Submitted: 16 November 2015
Dr Anne Sammon considers the important issues employers should be aware of when dealing with requests for breastfeeding in the workplace.
Submitted: 05 October 2015
Dr Anne Sammon considers the likely impact for employers on the government’s plans for extending SPL to grandparents.
Submitted: 17 August 2015
Anne Sammon considers the important points for employers to note when dealing with requests for time off for antenatal care.
Submitted: 06 July 2015
Dr Anne Sammon considers the level of contact you should have with an employee on maternity, paternity or shared parental leave.
A practical guide to the shared parental leave regime.
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We have developed a toolkit to help firms progress implementation of SMCR in a cost effective way.
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14 Dec 2018
Insurers need to be mindful of the risk of breaking the law when making payments in respect of extortion threats.
13 Dec 2018
This is the third and final blog post in our series on JCT contracts and insolvency, this time looking at the issues around terminating the contractor’s employment in the event of insolvency.
In a recent decision the First-tier Tribunal (Tax Chamber) ruled that a novel demand by HMRC for certain records retained for Anti-Money Laundering purposes was not lawful because of the way those records were structured.