Has Santa got the sack for you this Christmas?
It is never easy to be making people redundant (or to be made redundant) but December and January seem to be the worst time of all. Do you tell people now that they might be redundant in January and ruin
Continue readingSanta is coming to town
We are organising the annual Christmas party and a Mr Klaus has agreed to be our entertainer. After last year's party (congratulations on the baby, Miss Smith) we thought it would be a good
Continue readingLeaving your windows open?
Business owners often feel quite hard done by when dealing with employment law. In the current climate there is a feeling that ‘all this red tape’ inhibits business and reduces profitability. You
Continue readingIf hurricane Sandy came to your business?
We are always more vulnerable to the unexpected than we think. Not so long ago Croydon businesses (and others in the UK) were struggling with the after effects of riot and fire. Since then flood and
Continue readingOut of the frying pan into the fire?
George Osborne‘s recent announcement of plans for a new “employee-owner” contract of employment has set the cat among the pigeons. Initial reactions varied from believing this is the introduction
Continue readingTUPE or not TUPE
. . . or The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune In Eddie Stobart v Moreman the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) decided that, for there to be a TUPE (Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment)
Continue readingGetting to grips with the help
You start a business and at some point you need help and so you begin your journey into employment law and performance management. Family members help out from time to time, some casual workers, some freelancers,
Continue readingMeasure for Measure . . . TUPE and redundancy
We must not make a scarecrow of the law, Setting it up to fear the birds of prey, And let it keep one shape, till custom make it Their perch and not their terror. (Wm Shakespeare, Measure for Measure,
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