Category Archives: Employment

Employment Status & the Uber Judgement

In February this year, the Supreme Court provided its decision on a key employment case which has potentially far-reaching effects for those in the gig economy. Aslam & Others V Uber BV & Others This is a case primarily about ‘employment status’ but it also raises some very important points about the employment/services contract and […]

IR35 – What is it and how does it affect my business?

Changes to IR35 legislation applying to the private sector will now take effect from April 2021 Is this something you need to plan for or not?   This legislation has been in the Public Sector for some time and was due to be introduced into the private sector this year but was delayed by Coronavirus.  […]

Preparing for Home-Based Working

Preparing for Home-Based Working Before Covid-19, the concept of Home Working tended to be more of an ‘exception’ rather than a ‘rule’.  Certainly, when I was based in an office, I was able to ‘work from home’ occasionally but it never became the ‘norm’.  Maybe that was because we just got used to going into […]

EMAILS CAN BITE YOU BACK!

  What are your Managers putting in their emails about your employees? This TALE is about a sex discrimination claim that nearly went very wrong for an employer because of the contents of an email. THIS IS A TRUE STORY A client had been running a successful small business for many years. ‘Banter’, general ‘fooling […]

FIRST TIME EMPLOYER – Where do I start?

CONGRATULATIONS your business is successful and you are busy Here are the first FOUR steps for you to think about next: STEP ONE Decide what you would like your new person to do and write it down. It is very easy to know that you need help but often difficult to articulate exactly what ‘help […]