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Workers or self-employed?

Workers or self-employed?

Supreme Court dismisses appeal in key worker status case.

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Overtime rules

Overtime rules

Acas aim to reduce risk of foul play in overtime.

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Fever pitch

Fever pitch

What to do when sunny days or a World Cup haze sees employee attendance plummet. 

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More haste, less speed

More haste, less speed

Take care in establishing an employee’s right to work.

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Can I take my child on holiday?

With the school holidays around the corner, Lindsay Davies has put together this short guide for separated parents on taking their child on holiday abroad. 

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Injunction against “urban explorers”

Mark Banham considers the use of injunctions against modern trespassers and persons unknown.

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New changes to Trade Marks in the UK

Cathrine Ripley considers the coming changes on Trade Marks by the Trade Mark Regulations 2018 which will come into effect on 14 January 2019. 

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Dismissal without warning

Can a series of minor offences justify summary dismissal without warning?

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The last “last straw”

Katie Burley clarifies when an employee can rely on a breach they had previously waived.

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A gross dismissal?

We explore whether misconduct needs to be ‘gross’ to justify dismissal.

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Knowledge isn’t always power

Can a discrimination claim succeed where employer unaware misconduct caused by disability?

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Licence to play music on business premises

Cathrine Ripley explores a recent case in which the High Court ruled that a restaurant owner infringed copyright by allowing DJs to play music on his premises without a licence.

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