Backhouse Solicitors News
On Wednesday 6th November 2013, Backhouse Solicitors are running an Employment Law training course for clients and guests. The course is aimed at business owners, managers, HR staff and anyone managing or supervising staff within a business. Topics: Understanding the basics of employment law Dealing with [...]
Another packed networking event! Thank you very much to everyone who attended the Friends of City breakfast on 20 September - despite the early hour we had 90 people join us to build new relationships and catch up with old friends over a hot coffee and [...]
A big thank you to all who attended last week's Friends of Braintree Town meeting. We had nearly 70 guests join us for an excellent 2 hours of networking over a hot coffee and a tasty buffet. The feedback from our guests was excellent and it's great to hear [...]
What an excellent meeting - thank you to all the guests who joined us for breakfast on 15 August. It's great to see theFriends of Braintree Town meetings hitting over 50 attendees after just 4 meetings, with guests from a wide range of local businesses. A big thank [...]
Another packed networking event! Thank you very much to everyone who attended the Friends of City lunch last week - we had over 100 people join us to build new relationships and catch up with old friends over a free buffet lunch and a coffee. It was great [...]
The conciliation service ACAS have issued a warning to beware of fraudsters pretending to be part of ACAS or acting on their behalf. The warning is aimed mainly at employers and warns that the fraudsters provide free up-front advice then seek to sign companies up to [...]
Another packed networking event! Thank you very much to everyone who attended the Friends of City breakfast on 30 July - we had 110 people join us to build new relationships and catch up with old friends over a hot bacon roll and a coffee. The feedback from the [...]
What an excellent meeting - thank you very much to all the guests who braved the tropical conditions to join us on 17 July. It's great to see the Friends of Braintree Town meetings getting so popular. We've averaged 50 attendees from an excellent mix of local businesses [...]
On 29 July 2013, new rules on Settlement Agreements and pre-termination negotations (also known as “protected conversations”) came into force. Settlement Agreements replace Compromise Agreements and provide a way for employees and employers to agree to terminate an employment in a structured and certain way. Put [...]
From Monday 29 July 2013, fees are payable for the first time to bring a claim in the Employment Tribunal ("ET") or issue an appeal in the Employment Appeal Tribunal ("EAT"). ET claims are divided into two types with different fee levels payable both when the [...]
