Category Archives: Contracts

Who gets the money from tips? 1
Who gets the money from tips?

As a restaurant customer you may wonder who gets the money from tips. Many employees ...

25
Oct
Paternity rights and premature babies 2
Paternity rights and premature babies

This unique birth has highlighted the inadequate paternity rights fathers of premature babies have. They ...

27
Feb
Can notice of dismissal be given by post? 3
Can notice of dismissal be given by post?

Introduction If an employer doesn’t follow the correct procedure with notice of dismissal then it ...

16
Jan
Resigning to claim constructive dismissal 4
Resigning to claim constructive dismissal

An employee who wants to claim constructive dismissal must show (1) that their employer has ...

19
Sep
Commission schemes: Contractual or discretionary? 5
Commission schemes: Contractual or discretionary?

Commission schemes are frameworks used by employers to incentivise employees (typically sales staff). There are ...

04
Jun
Are agency workers employees? 6
Are agency workers employees?

The topic of employment status has been very newsworthy lately, in particular with individuals working ...

07
May
Does ‘on call’ time count as working time? 7
Does ‘on call’ time count as working time?

Is ‘on call’ time working time? The Working Time Directive (incorporated in the UK as ...

28
Feb
Zelda Perkins breaks settlement agreement confidentiality 8
Zelda Perkins breaks settlement agreement confidentiality

Zelda Perkins (assistant to Harvey Weinsten) has recently done her first broadcast interview for BBC ...

03
Jan
How to best prevent an employee becoming a competitor? 9
How to best prevent an employee becoming a competitor?

One of our commercial clients had recently found that a former employee was competing, with restrictive ...

25
Sep
Nannies and the National Minimum Wage 10
Nannies and the National Minimum Wage

When it comes to nannies and the National Minimum Wage, the position is usually clear. ...

14
Sep