Posted By: Bronagh Mulgrew
Most of us want to look our best and treatments which go wrong or cause unwanted side effects can have a serious impact on physical and mental health. According to some users of TRESemme, one of the world’s best known hair care brands, their Keratin range of product...
Posted By: Julie Leonard
The recent GB case of Allay (UK) Ltd v Gehlen (2021) contains a strong lesson for employers throughout the UK. It demonstrates the need to keep equality and diversity training up-to-date. This case highlights the importance of providing all employees with refresher training&...
Postie caught short awarded £40,000
Posted By: Julie Leonard
An employment tribunal has ruled that a postman sacked by Royal Mail for urinating in a lay-by whilst on his round was unfairly dismissed and awarded him nearly £40,000 in compensation. Roo Rawal had been employed as a postman at Royal Mail’s Watford depot for 17 years. In Septe...
Business Interruption Insurance Update
Posted By: Bronagh Mulgrew
The Supreme Court decision in FCA v. Arch Insurance (UK) Ltd & Otrs. has come as a welcome relief to business owners. Various insurers had resisted attempts by policy holders to claim on their business interruption insurance policies to mitigate the ongoing effects of the pa...
SHOULD EMPLOYERS GIVE A PAY RISE OR NOT?
Posted By: Julie Leonard
This is often the time employers decide on annual staff pay review. However, many businesses have been affected by the pandemic and are asking if they can award no pay increases in 2021? One way to look at the situation is either...
Posted By: Bronagh Mulgrew
The Belfast Trust have announced a?review?in to the treatment received by over 750 women. The women had all been fitted with a frequently used contraceptive implant. Towards the end of 2020 it became apparent the device had failed for a number of women, who had found themselves pregnant.&nbs...
Extension to the relaxations on AGMs and Accounts
Posted By: Jenny Ebbage
More good news and as expected companies, registered societies (such as many housing associations), and credit unions can hold their AGM online in the early part of 2021. This applies regardless of what the governing document says. The relaxations brought in by the the Co...
