Backhouse Solicitors News
In early November 2014 there was a great deal of media publicity surrounding the cases of Bear Scotland vs Fulton, Amec v Law and Hertel v Wood. In these cases the Employment Appeal Tribunal found that normal levels of overtime should be included when calculating an [...]
New “Shared Parental Leave and Statutory Shared Parental Pay” regulations introduced on 1 December 2014 have brought big changes to the employment landscape for new parents. The government has estimated that around 285,000 working couple will be eligible to take shared leave with agreement from their [...]
We are now taking bookings for the final Friends of City meeting of 2014 which is a lunchtime event on Thursday 18th December. If you haven't been before, why not come and see why Friends of City is so popular and join 100 guests meeting new [...]
A big thank you to everyone who attended a fantastic Friends of Braintree Town meeting on 6 November. Contacts were made, business was done and new members signed up to join the Friends and support the football club. We are now getting ready for the final [...]
The very first Essex Young Professionals meeting in August was a great success, with 85 guests from over 30 businesses from across Essex. Co-sponsored by Backhouse Solicitors, Antony Batty and Co, Lambert Chapman and Metro Bank, Essex Young Professionals brings together the partners and directors of [...]
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 [...]
