Backhouse Solicitors News
Backhouse Solicitors are proud to be supporting the Farleigh Hospice Make A Will Campaign 2016 From Monday 12th to Friday 25 September we will waive our normal fees for drafting a simple will, mirror will or updating an existing will in return for a donation to [...]
Set to close in December 2016, homebuyers have less than six months to take advantage of the Government’s Help To Buy: Mortgage Guarantee Scheme. Home-buyers in Chelmsford have racked-up a total value of more than £43 million in loans supported by the mortgage guarantee scheme, according [...]
After introducing a poorly subscribed voluntary scheme for publishing gender pay gap information, the Government has recently conceded to parliamentary pressure and is expected to introduce regulations in October 2016 which will bring in mandatory reporting from Spring 2018. Employers with 250 or more employees will have to publish [...]
In the recent appeal case of Lock vs British Gas, the Employment Appeal Tribunal agreed with the original Employment Tribunal that results-based commission should be included in holiday pay, not just basic pay. Mr Lock was paid basic pay plus a results-based commission, but when on annual leave [...]
April is always an important month for employment law and 2016 is no exception. Here we outline the new regulations being introduced this year as well as other recent important changes: Zero Hours Contracts In 2015 it became unlawful for employers to impose exclusivity clauses in [...]
Chancellor George Osborne last month delivered the Budget 2016 aiming to, amongst other things, “deliver security for working people”. As always taxes were central to the announcements and therefore employers will have to update their payroll systems accordingly. Here are the key points to note: Termination [...]
The Employment Rights (Increase of Limits) Order 2016 has been approved by Parliament and introduces new limits from 6 April 2016 for certain awards in employment tribunals and other amounts payable under employment law. The key changes are: The maximum amount of a “week’s pay” for [...]
Further to the Chancellor’s summer budget last year the National Minimum Wage (Amendment) Regulations 2016 will be introduced on 1st April. They introduce a new National Living Wage for workers aged 25 and over, essentially enhancing National Minimum Wage Rates. Traditionally, the National Living Wage was [...]
A recent judgement by the European Court of Human Rights has given European employers the right to monitor employee web chats and private messages sent during working hours. The ruling is binding in all countries that have ratified the European Convention on Human Rights, including the [...]
We take great pride in the top level skills and experience of our employment law team, so we were delighted to receive feedback from a very happy client regarding his long running and highly complex employment matter. Here's what Mr Garford had to say: "My legal issues [...]
