Point of Law
Here are some of the most common questions employers and employees have with regard to their employment.
Employment contracts
QUESTION: My employment contract says that I must give three months’ notice and yet I have a better job offer that requires me to start next month. I have been told that as I haven’t signed my employment contract, I can ignore it. Is this right?
Employment contract changes
QUESTION: My contract has changed but I don’t like the new terms. Is there anything that I can I do?
Unfair dismissal: rights and responsibilities
If government ministers are to be believed, nothing strikes fear into an employer’s heart more than the threat of being taken to the employment tribunal. In fact, if this is so, it is a fear based on an illusion.
Grievance
QUESTION: I have a grievance. How do I go about raising it?
GDPR: the general data protection regulation
On the 25th May 2018 new rules come into force for how all businesses hold data on people...
Restrictive Covenants
QUESTION: Can your employer stop you from working for a competitor after you leave their employment?
Gender pay gaps: do they exist in retail?
On Wednesday 4th January, the Guardian reported that a recent study showed the gender pay gap has narrowed for the under 29s to just 5%...