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Joanne Moseley
Why menopause is a business issue
Last night, Channel 4 aired a documentary - Sex, Myths and the Menopause, presented by Davina McColl. It revealed that many women...
13/05/21
Joanne Moseley
Right to work checks - COVID flexibility now due to end on 20 June
A few weeks ago we informed you that the temporary right to work checks in force during the COVID-19 pandemic would end on 16 May....
12/05/21
Danielle Parsons
How soon is now? The time was right: reform is long overdue
The lack of any mention of the Employment Bill in the Queen’s Speech yesterday means the wait for long overdue reform continues, almost...
12/05/21
Irwin Mitchell
Virgin Active restructuring plan sanctioned
The restructuring plans put forward by gym chain Virgin Active have today been sanctioned Virgin Active’s plans are the first contested...
12/05/21
Joanne Moseley
Queen's Speech: what are the implications for employment law?
In short, not very much. Despite the government's promises to protect and enhance worker rights, this Queen's Speech made no mention of...
12/05/21
Danielle Parsons
5 Top Tips for Whistleblowers: Things to think about before saying something when you see something
These days we're seeing more media coverage about employers who have misused the furlough scheme and committed fraud, as well as those...
11/05/21
Joanne Moseley
Workplace conflict costs UK employers £28.5 billion each year
Anyone who's been embroiled in a workplace dispute will tell you how stressful and time consuming the process is. And, if the matter...
11/05/21
Nicola Gooch
The Queen's Speech: Planning, Promises, and Priorities
The fact that planning reform was going to feature in the Queen's Speech was hardly a surprise to anyone who listened to the news, or...
11/05/21
Irwin Mitchell
High Court rules against New Look CVA challenges
Landlords have lost their legal challenge against fashion retailer New Look’s use of a company voluntary arrangement (CVA) it put in...
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Joanne Moseley
EU settlement scheme: what options do your staff have if they miss the deadline?
Under the new immigration rules, all EU citizens who want to remain here must have been on UK soil by 11pm on 31 December 2020 and have...
10/05/21
David Shirt
Solent Freeport set to make waves: what we know so far about the Freeport
Louis Archer and Poppy Ford from law firm Irwin Mitchell discuss the opportunities offered by Freeports. What links Bremerhaven, Germany...
06/05/21
Joanne Moseley
ACAS publish advice on long COVID
ACAS have recently published advice for employers and employees on long COVID. Anyone hoping for detailed guidance about how to manage...
05/05/21
Nicola Gooch
Treasury Opens Consultation on Design of Residential Developer Tax & Other News
It seems fitting that my first blog post of the new financial year* is about tax. On 29 April, the Treasury launched a consultation...
04/05/21
Nicola Gooch
Back to Reality: High Court rules against Virtual Committees
Yesterday, the High Court laid to rest our last hope of virtual committee meetings being able to continue past 7 May 2021, when it handed...
29/04/21
Danielle Parsons
WFH: Working from Home from Away
Remote working is now the new normal for many employees, and it’s hard to imagine that everyone will want to make a full-time return to...
28/04/21
Joanne Moseley
Covid-19: summer schools programme now open
Schools in England can now register to offer a summer school to help secondary aged children catch up some of the learning they have lost...
27/04/21
Irwin Mitchell
Part 26A challenge costs: to be determined following Virgin Active sanction
A balancing act Creditors with legitimate grounds to challenge scheme or restructuring plan proposals and who assist the court in so...
23/04/21
Elizabeth Thomson
Budget 2021: What’s in it for real estate?
Stuart Tym, Claire Petricca‑Riding and Paul Henson consider the Chancellor’s Budget delivered on 3 March. Energy The March Budget...
22/04/21
Joanne Moseley
Right to work checks - Covid flexibility due to end on 16 May
This week the government updated its guidance on coronavirus (COVID-19): right to work checks. During the pandemic, organisations could...
22/04/21
Joanne Moseley
Holidays abroad - employers' questions answered
Earlier this month, the transport secretary, Grant Shapps, said that people can 'start to think about foreign travel' again. He didn't...
22/04/21
Jane Anderson
Weddings in a pandemic – where are we now as we come out of coronavirus lockdown ?
By Katherine East, a solicitor at Irwin Mitchell It’s been a year, almost to the day, since Katherine East wrote an article about the...
21/04/21
Jane Anderson
Held to ransom by a cyberattack
Dominique Dolman and Lily Pidge from the Commercial Disputes Resolution Team consider the impact of a Cyberattack. Introduction In the...
19/04/21
Nicola Gooch
My what big teeth you have! High Court invalidates CIL liability notice issued 2 years and 6 months after the grant of planning permission
One of the biggest inadequacies of the CIL Regulations* is that they are entirely silent about the consequences of non-compliance by a...
19/04/21
Joanne Moseley
Do home workers need a 'right' to disconnect?
Earlier this year, the European Parliament asked the EU Commission to come up with a new EU law which would give employees a right to...
15/04/21
Nicola Gooch
Mixed messages on planning as the economy starts to re-open
It feels like April 12th has been circled in our diaries for an age. Hairdressers and shops are finally starting to re-open. The long...
13/04/21
Joanne Moseley
Covid-19: employee who refused to return to work because be believed his workplace posed a 'serious and imminent' danger loses unfair dismissal claim
In Rodgers v Leeds Laser Cutting Limited, the Employment Tribunal had to decide if an employee had been unfairly dismissed after he...
13/04/21
Irwin Mitchell
First Homes?
Back in June 2019 I wrote a star-gazing passle piece trying to take the clues from the revised Community Infrastructure Levy Regulations...
08/04/21
Joanne Moseley
Another tribunal finds that menopausal symptoms amount to a disability
Some years ago we highlighted the case of Davies v Scottish Courts and Tribunal Service which considered whether menopausal symptoms...
08/04/21
Irwin Mitchell
Keeping it Class E: the Regs are out!
Just before Easter Nicola wrote about a MHCLG Announcement detailing that at a new set of permitted development rights for Class E to...
08/04/21
Joanne Moseley
COVID-19: employee who refused to wear a mask was fairly dismissed
In Kubilius v Kent Foods, the Employment Tribunal had to decide if a lorry driver was unfairly dismissed for refusing to wear a face...
08/04/21