Backhouse Solicitors News
The Government has today announced the following increases to the National Minimum Wage with effect from October 2015: Standard Adult Rate For workers aged 21+ £6.70/hour (+20p / 3%) Development Rate For workers aged 18-20 £5.30/hour (+17p / 3%) Young Workers Rate For workers aged [...]
In April 2014 when the reclaiming of Statutory Sick Pay was abolished a new scheme to help sick employees back to work was promised. Aimed predominantly at SME’s, the new Fit for Work service is a free Government initiative launched to help employers, employees and GP’s [...]
There are only 4 weeks to go until the start of another new financial year. Each year brings lots of new legislative changes and 2015 will be no different. Here is a quick, 10 point guide on what to expect from an Employment Law perspective: 1 [...]
To celebrate 10 years of Backhouse Solicitors, we are launching Friends of City on Tour - a series of great events in and around Chelmsford for members and supporters of Friends of City to get together, network and have some fun! Our first date for your diaries [...]
When recovering a debt through the courts, you have to pay a fee to the court to issue your claim. This fee can be added to the debt, but it is still an upfront cost that must be paid. On 9 March 2015 these issue fees [...]
A big thank you to everyone who attended February's Friends of Braintree Town meeting. Our new regular date will be first Tuesday of the month, but for March only we have a change to the published date and we are meeting on Tuesday 10th March. Add [...]
In the interesting recent case of Williams v Leeds United Football Club, Mr Williams was a senior employee who had been given notice of redundancy and would have been due 12 months’ notice pay totalling £200,000. After giving notice of redundancy, the club engaged forensic investigators [...]
Backhouse Solicitors and the members of Friends of City invite you to join them for the extremely popular Business Expo on 19 February. Join us to meet 250 guests and 45 stands showcasing some of Essex's best businesses. This is an ideal opportunity to make new [...]
** For regular updates follow #FriendsofBraintree on Twitter ** A big thank you to everyone who attended the busy Friends of Braintree Town meeting on 13 January. We had a great start to 2015 and we are really pushing to grow the meetings this year. Our [...]
In January 2005, Backhouse Solicitors started life from a home office with just 1 client..... Fast forward 10 years to January 2015 and we can hardly believe that we’ve helped over 7,000 people and businesses with their legal problems as we’ve grown into one of Chelmsford’s [...]
