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At last—the Graduate visa is finally here!

The following Employment news provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on At last—the Graduate visa is finally here!

FCA test case—documentation for policyholders

The following Commercial news provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on FCA test case—documentation for policyholders

A dose of reality? Requiring employees to be vaccinated

The following Employment news provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on A dose of reality? Requiring employees to be vaccinated

Implementing the TCA—business immigration implications

The following Employment news provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on Implementing the TCA—business immigration implications

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What is diversity and inclusion (D&I)—law firms

This Practice Note provides a high-level introduction to diversity and inclusion (D&I) and key reasons why it is important to law firms. Specific...

Repudiation

This Practice Note concerns repudiation and sets out what a repudiatory breach of contract means. It explains how a repudiatory breach goes to the...

Contract variation

This Practice Note summarises the law, guidance and practice relating to the variation of contracts and deeds. It explains how a contract or deed can...

Equitable remedies in contractual disputes

While the primary remedy for contractual breach is that of damages (see Practice Note: Contractual damages—general principles and related content),...

Practice notes

Termination and expiry of contracts

This Practice Note provides an overview of contract expiry and of the different causes of termination and ways to discharge a contract, including...

9th Nov

COVID-19

In-house

Precedents

Draft outline script for disciplinary hearing (misconduct)

1Introductions of those present if necessary. Confirm who is taking notes and that copies of the meeting notes will be made available to the...

9th Nov

Practice notes

Introduction to retained EU law

This Practice Note provides an introduction to retained EU law, which is an entirely new legal concept introduced to UK domestic law in preparation...

9th Nov

Brexit

Precedents

Letter—long-term sickness absence (6): to employee confirming dismissal on notice (following final written warning)

[To be typed on headed notepaper of employer][Date]Dear [insert name of employee],Re: [insert name of employer] (the Company)Following our most recent...

9th Nov

Precedents

Letter of variation

[ON HEADED NOTEPAPER OF PARTY A][Insert address of Party B][[Insert address of Guarantor]][Insert date]Dear [name of Party B][ and [name of...

9th Nov

In-house

Practice notes

Formulating a learning and development—L&D—policy

This Practice Note provides information on formulating a learning and development (L&D) policy. It reviews key issues to consider including:•what is...

Produced in partnership with Beth Pipe FCIPD of OnLive Learning 12th Jan

Precedents

Letter—employer acknowledgement of notification of maternity leave

Date: [insert date]Dear [insert name of employee]Congratulations and thank you for telling me about your pregnancy and the date that your baby is due....

9th Nov

Precedents

The employment contract—sample pensions clauses

The following pension clauses set out the pensions information to be included in an employment contract, depending on the type of...

Produced in partnership with Wyn Derbyshire of gunnercooke LLP 12th Jan

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Auto-enrolment—who needs to be enrolled?

CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19) UPDATE: On 9 April 2020 the Pensions Regulator (TPR) published ‘Automatic enrolment and pension contributions: COVID-19...

Produced in partnership with Wyn Derbyshire of gunnercooke LLP 9th Apr

Practice notes

Repudiation

This Practice Note concerns repudiation and sets out what a repudiatory breach of contract means. It explains how a repudiatory breach goes to the...

9th Apr

In-house

Precedents

Consultancy agreement—company and individual—pro-client

This Agreement is made on [insert date]Parties1[Name of Company], a company incorporated in England and Wales with registered number [insert company...

9th Apr

In-house

Precedents

Letter—disciplinary procedure (1B): suspension from duties

[To be typed on employer’s headed notepaper][Insert date]Dear [insert name of employee],Following our meeting [today OR on [insert date]], I am...

9th Apr

Practice notes

Brexit legislation tracker

This Practice Note tracks the progress of UK legislation introduced as part of the legislative project associated with the UK’s withdrawal from the...

9th Apr

Brexit

Practice notes

Work during maternity or adoption leave—keeping in touch days

This Practice Note describes the extent to which employees are entitled to work during statutory maternity or adoption leave, without bringing that...

9th Apr

Practice notes

Post-termination restrictions on competition

This Practice Note examines the various types of post-termination restrictions (restrictive covenants) that are typically found in contracts of...

9th Apr

In-house

Practice notes

Shared parental leave (birth)

In essence, the right to shared parental leave allows, after birth, the mother of the child and a second person (who must be the father of child, or...

9th Apr

Practice notes

Dealing with a grievance

IP COMPLETION DAY: 11pm (GMT) on 31 December 2020 marks the end of the Brexit transition/implementation period entered into following the UK’s...

9th Apr

Practice notes

Shared parental leave (adoption)

In essence, the right to shared parental leave allows, after adoption, the adopter of the child and a second person (who must be married to, or the...

9th Apr

Practice notes

Dismissing fairly for poor performance

Employees with sufficient length of service and who otherwise meet the qualifying criteria have statutory protection from unfair dismissal (see...

9th Apr

Practice notes

Time off for dependants

In certain defined circumstances, employees have a right to be permitted to take time off during working hours:•to care for, or arrange care for,...

9th Apr

COVID-19

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Incorporation of post-termination restrictions

For a post-termination restriction to be enforceable by the employer, it first has to be a contractual term; that is, incorporated into a contract...

9th Apr

Practice notes

Managing conduct

Coronavirus (COVID-19): Issues relating to handling disciplinary and grievance matters during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic are considered in...

9th Apr

Practice notes

Confidential information and trade secrets in employment

IP COMPLETION DAY: 11pm (GMT) on 31 December 2020 marks the end of the Brexit transition/implementation period entered into following the UK’s...

Produced in partnership with Ruaraidh Fitzpatrick of Cloisters 9th Apr

Practice notes

The right to return to work after adoption leave

Employees who take ordinary adoption leave (OAL) are entitled to return to the 'same job' at the end of that leave unless that job is no longer...

9th Apr

Practice notes

Adoption leave

An employee intending to adopt a child under 18 may be eligible to take up to three different kinds of statutory leave:•ordinary and additional...

9th Apr

Practice notes

EEA nationals—restrictions

IP COMPLETION DAY: 11pm (GMT) on 31 December 2020 marks the end of the Brexit transition/implementation period entered into following the UK’s...

9th Apr

Practice notes

Advising managers: how to suspend an employee

Coronavirus (COVID-19): Issues relating to handling disciplinary and grievance matters during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic are considered in...

9th Apr

Practice notes

Policy documents in employment

Policies are similar to guidelines: they are statements of usual practice, and of good practice, but they are not statements of universal practice. It...

9th Apr

In-house