Blog Post Blog Post Disability Awareness Day 10 September 2021 Chris Phillips Employment The Equality Act 2010 affords protection to disabled people from discrimination in education, in housing, when receiving services and of…
Blog Post Blog Post Post Covid19 working environments - Should employers update dress code policies? 8 September 2021 Noele McClelland Employment There was a noticeable relaxing of dress codes during lockdown, as employers recognised that there was no need for employees to…
Blog Post Blog Post Managing Curricula Vitae (CVs) in Compliance with Data Protection Rules 3 September 2021 Loretta Maxfield Data Protection & GDPR, Employment CVs inherently contain personal data including sensitive personal data, and strict adherence to data protection requirements is required…
Blog Post Blog Post Professional conduct: getting help when you need it most 3 September 2021 Chris Phillips Employment Over the last few years, I have been asked to help many individuals who have found themselves the subject of potentially serious…
Blog Post Blog Post Right to Work Checks – Coronavirus Adjustments extended to 5 April 2022 27 August 2021 Gurjit Pall Employment, Immigration Yesterday, the Home Office announced that the adjusted right to work check process introduced in March 2020 will be extended to 5 April…
Press Release Press Release Employment Law Specialist Reminds Bosses to Ensure Staff Holidays 3 August 2021 Employment With many workers’ routines and schedules having undergone a huge change in the wake of the pandemic, staff are left feeling more under…
Blog Post Blog Post Too Hot to Handle… The Workload? 30 July 2021 Debbie Fellows Employment With the recent spell of hot weather and summer temperatures set to rise consistently (Global Warming, I see you!), how have you found…
Blog Post Blog Post “Dear Sirs”: Time for Change 4 July 2021 Noele McClelland Employment As someone who has fairly recently joined the legal profession, I recall being taught on the Diploma in Legal Practice that it is…
Blog Post Blog Post Calls for Long Covid to be Recognised as a Disability for Employment Law 2 July 2021 Chris Phillips Employment Recent reports in the national press indicate that the Scottish Trades Union Congress (STUC) is lobbying ministers to designate the…
Webinar Webinar Immigration Webinar | Right to Work checks 2021 29 June 2021 Immigration, Employment From 1 July 2021, the Home Office have confirmed that new rules for carrying out right to work checks will apply to EEA nationals and…
Blog Post Blog Post Changes to Right to Work Checks from 1 July 2021 24 June 2021 Gurjit Pall Employment, Immigration The Home Office have released their long anticipated guidance on how right to work checks will be carried out from 1 July 2021. Online…
Webinar Webinar Employment Law | Returning to the Workplace 4 June 2021 Debbie Fellows Employment With the COVID 19 restrictions easing in most parts of Scotland many employers are starting to think about returning to the workplace. Of…
Blog Post Blog Post Temporary Covid-19 measures for Right to Work checks due to end (again) 18 May 2021 Gurjit Pall Immigration, Employment The Home Office have confirmed that the temporary process for Right to Work checks which was put in place during the coronavirus pandemic…
Webinar Webinar Employment Law | Disciplinary and Grievance Investigations 18 May 2021 Noele McClelland Employment, Data Protection & GDPR Do you know how the GDPR applies to disciplinary and grievance investigations? Disciplinary and grievance procedures inevitably involve…
Blog Post Blog Post Returning to the Office? Advice for employers on managing employees and workspace 17 May 2021 Noele McClelland Employment With the COVID 19 restrictions easing in most parts of Scotland it has got people thinking about their return to the workplace. Of course…
Blog Post Blog Post Managing Mental Health in the Workplace: COVID-19 11 May 2021 Chris Phillips Employment Mental Health Awareness Week takes place from 10 to 16 May 2021. The last year, during the Coronavirus Pandemic, has been a difficult time…
Webinar Webinar Employment Law | Mental Health and Wellbeing, Employer Support. 11 May 2021 Chris Phillips Employment With one in four people in the UK likely to be affected by mental ill health at some stage in their lives, employers need to be able to…
Blog Post Blog Post Mental Health and Wellbeing Awareness: Working From Home 30 April 2021 Chris Phillips Employment We are all guilty of failing to make our mental health and wellbeing a priority at times, but the pandemic has taught us the importance of…
Webinar Webinar Employment Law | Employment Update April 2021 22 April 2021 Employment As HR professionals and senior managers, you know only too well the importance of keeping up to date with employment laws and how they may…
Blog Post Blog Post Sleeping on the Job? 31 March 2021 Chris Phillips Employment Being paid to sleep may sound like the dream for some (pun intended); however, the reality is that for some vocations sleep-in shifts are…
Webinar Webinar Employment Law | Handling Investigations Remotely 30 March 2021 Chris Phillips Employment Employment Law Partner, Chris Phillips takes you through handling investigations arising from disciplinary and grievance…