Wess v Science Museum Group In this case the Employment Appeal Tribunal (“EAT”) has held that an employment tribunal was entitled to find that an employee had impliedly accepted a variation of her contract of employment by continuing to work,...
Wess v Science Museum Group In this case the Employment Appeal Tribunal (“EAT”) has held that an employment tribunal was entitled to find that an employee had impliedly accepted a variation of her contract of employment by continuing to work,...
The European Union Court of Justice in May of this year ruled that members of the public who are worried about their privacy on line can ask Google and other search engines to remove sensitive links from their search results. However, search engines can...
The new legislation for shared parental leave, due to come into effect on 1st December 2014, has now been published. The new rights will be applicable to parents for babies due on or after 5th April 2015. However, due to premature births, they may...
The new legislation for shared parental leave, due to come into effect on 1st December 2014, has now been published. The new rights will be applicable to parents for babies due on or after 5th April 2015. However, due to premature births, they may...
Bear Scotland v Fulton & others The Employment Appeal Tribunal (“EAT”) handed down an important decision involving the calculation of holiday pay a couple of weeks ago. The case included a claim of unlawful deduction of wages for increased...
Frettens were delighted to present a donation to Autism Wessex today for £10,000 - the total raised during 2014. Kate Fretten is pictured here with Emily Pike from the charity. The total was topped up by our Christmas donation instead of Christmas...
Sefton Borough Council v Wainwright The Employment Appeal Tribunal (“EAT”) has confirmed that an employer cannot arrange a redundancy process so as to determine when it is obliged to offer a suitable alternative vacancy to a redundant employee...
Merry Christmas from all the staff at Frettens! Please click on the video below - our staff have a special festive message for you, our clients, contacts and friends. Wishing you a Merry Christmas and every success and happiness in 2015!...
Earlier this year a controversial strapline was briefly adopted by Lidl as a parody of the well known Tesco trade mark ‘Every Little Helps’. The strapline was quickly withdrawn by Lidl but a...
ACAS has now published the first six months' figures showing how early conciliation is working since it became compulsory for prospective cases in the employment tribunal in May 2014. The key figures are as follows:- ACAS has conciliated in 37,000...
ACAS has now published the first six months’ figures showing how early conciliation is working since it became compulsory for prospective cases in the employment tribunal in May 2014. The key figures are as follows:- ACAS has conciliated in 37,000...
The Government have announced that with effect from 4 December 2014, SDLT (Stamp Duty Land Tax) for residential property is now going to be calculated differently. It will be charged at different rates depending on the portion of the purchase price that...
The Government have announced that with effect from 4 December 2014, SDLT (Stamp Duty Land Tax) for residential property is now going to be calculated differently. It will be charged at different rates depending on the portion of the purchase price that...
Under the new legislation contained in the Government’s Immigration Act 2014, private sector landlords are set to face hefty financial penalties if they do not carry out checks to ensure potential new tenants have a right to remain in the UK....