A third of women miss work due to menopause symptoms found by The House of Commons Women and Equalities Committee
A 14-day survey was conducted by The Women and Equalities Committee which found that nearly a third of women (31%) have missed work due to their symptoms. The research report […]
Equal Pay and the Gender Pay Gap – Employer Obligations
The first Equal Pay Act was enacted in 1970 when employers often openly paid women less than men for doing the same job and reserved certain (usually better paid) jobs […]
Hiring for Happiness
A Reminder for Employers of the Protected Characteristics Personnel Today reported a story on 4th September 2020 about a job advert on the DWP’s Find a Job Website. The DWP […]
Residential Possession Update
More Challenges for Residential Landlords – New Notice Periods From 2nd September 2020, the minimum notice period for a Section 21 Notice seeking possession has increased to six months. There […]
Commercial Landlords and Tenants thinking about exercising a break clause in a lease
What to consider and potential pitfalls There are advantages to securing a long lease for your business premises. As a tenant, you may want to invest and build up goodwill in […]
The Code of Practice for Commercial Property Relationships
My blog of 26th March 2020 and update of 11th May 2020 covered the options for commercial landlords and tenants as things stood then. Landlords and tenants should now also be […]
Defamation and Redundancy
These are two separate areas of law which you wouldn’t necessarily expect to find side by side in a blog. However, they are increasingly seen together. We have noticed this […]
Residential Possession during Coronavirus (update 8th June)
Following on from my blog of 27th April on the subject of Residential Possession during Coronavirus the government has now announced an extension to the suspension of possession proceedings and […]
