A big thank you to everyone who attended last month's Friends of City Business Expo. We had nearly 300 guests visit over the three hours, with great feedback from the members who exhibited. The Aussie Barbeque Company put on a fantastic feast outside with long queues [...]
Backhouse Solicitors are holding an Employment Law training course on Wednesday 3rd December 2014 from 9.30am to 12.30pm at Chelmsford City Football Club. The course is aimed at business owners, managers, HR staff and anyone else responsible for employment law and staffing issues in the workplace. [...]
In a decision with far-reaching consequences for UK industry, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (“EAT”) has today ruled on the cases of road repair firm Bear Scotland v Fulton, engineering firm Amec v Lawand industrial services group Hertel v Wood who were appealing successful Employment Tribunal claims [...]
A big thank you to everyone who attended a fantastic Friends of Braintree meeting on 2 October. We had 60 guests join us for 2 hours of friendly and effective networking over a cup of coffee and a tasty buffet. Contacts were made, business was done [...]
The National Minimum Wage is updated every year on 1 October. If you are running your October payroll, make sure that you have applied the new rates to avoid receiving penalties from HMRC. The new rates are as follows: - The standard adult rate (for workers [...]
Backhouse Solicitors and the members of Friends of City invite you to join them for the extremely popular Business Expo on 24 October. Come and join 250 guests visiting 45 stands showcasing some of Essex's best businesses. This is an ideal opportunity to make new contacts, [...]
A Yorkshire paralegal was recently prosecuted under section 55 of the Data Protection Act 1998 for illegally taking the personal information of over 100 people from their ex-employer before leaving for a rival law firm. They had hoped to use the information, which included, work notes, [...]
A big thank you to everyone who attended a fantastic Friends of Braintree Town meeting on 4 September. We had over 60 guests join us for 2 hours of quality networking over a cup of coffee and a tasty buffet. Contacts were made, business was done and [...]
New rules coming into effect next month under the Children and Families Act 2014 will see expectant fathers and partners of pregnant women given the statutory right to time off work to attend ante-natal appointments. Under current regulations only expectant mothers are entitled to time off [...]
Addressing the Trade Union Congress earlier this week, Shadow Business Secretary Chuka Umunna announced that, if elected, the next Labour Government will scrap the current employment tribunal system in favour of a “fairer system to ensure that affordability is not a barrier to employees seeking redress [...]