We recently published our How To Conduct A Right To Work Check guideto help you to make sure you are doing your right to work checks properly. This month, we are taking a closer look at Biometric Residence Permits (BRPs), and the changes that came…
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07 Feb Employee Dismissed After A Near-death Experience
I am sure that lots of us would hope that, following a near-death experience, our employers may be a little more sympathetic about having a short amount of time off. Well, not in this case! Background On the 23 April 2022 (a Saturday) Ope Ajanaku…
07 Feb New Holiday Pay Regime: The Basics
Holiday pay rules changed on the 1st of January 2024. Here, we set out the key points and summarise each change that all employers need to act on to keep within the law. We urge you to read these changes and get in touch with us…
07 Feb Why Bother Getting Employee Contracts Professionally Drafted?
WHY PROFESSIONALLY DRAFTED CONTRACTS ARE BENEFICIAL TO EMPLOYERS With many employers looking to make savings where they can as the cost-of-living crisis continues to bite, we have been asked several times why an employer should hire a professional employment lawyer to draft their contracts, rather…
07 Feb FAQs: Retaining Employees Working On Limited Visas
Clients have recently been asking what their options are for employees working for them on time-limited visas, who are a great fit and who they are keen to keep, but whose visas are due to expire. We have set out below some FAQs on handling…
26 Jan Bank Holidays: Make It A New Year’s Resolution To Manage Them Better
The year 2023 will bring yet another “extra” bank holiday to the United Kingdom. The Coronation of King Charles III takes place this May, and a bank holiday will mark the occasion on Monday 8th May 2023. And with it, another headache for employers over…
20 Jan It’s just a Disciplinary Letter: Shaun Pinchbeck poses a question and offers a prize
An employer would hope no employee ever behaves in a way that requires them to be taken down the route of a disciplinary hearing. But what if they do? Does your business have an up-to-date and legally compliant disciplinary procedure in place? Do you know…
19 Jan Managing Performance: 5 Tips From Lee Stephens, Employment Law Solicitor
So many complex and costly legal errors often spin out of handling, and indeed, mishandling performance issues in the workplace. Lee Stephens, Principal Solicitor and Director at BRIDGE, shares his key steps to consider when approaching underperformance in your business. 1: Make sure the handling…
18 Jan How To Conduct A Right To Work Check
In this article, Georgina Thomas, Associate Director at BRIDGE, details the different ways UK Employers can conduct right to work checks and explains the risks that come with not carrying out a right to work check properly. As an employer, you are: Not doing, or…
18 Jan Equality & Diversity Training: Why Employers Should Prioritise It In 2023
A New Year’s Resolution to give your management and HR personnel Equality & Diversity training? Alex Millward, Senior Chartered Legal Executive at BRIDGE, explains why employers should consider it. It’s the time of year when many of us set New Year’s Resolutions at work. Some…