Legislative Update
By Pauline Hughes, Trainee Solicitor
In the last week, as the UK’s response to the coronavirus outbreak has placed significant restrictions...
Postponement of Introduction of changes to IR35
By Caroline Cockbain, Associate Director
As you may have seen in the news this week, the Government has announced that it is postponing the reforms...
Budget 2020: Key announcements in respect of coronavirus
By Pauline Hughes, Trainee Solicitor
On 11 March 2020, Chancellor Rishi Sunsak announced his budget for the coming year.
Coronavirus
By Lauren Wilson, Trainee Solicitor.
THE INFORMATION CONTAINED WITHIN THIS ALERT WAS ACCURATE AS AT 28 FEBRUARY 2020.
Guidance has...
The Good Work Plan changes coming in to force in April 2020: are your employee contracts compliant?
By Fiona Gorry, Senior Solicitor.
In our last update we advised that, from 6 April 2020, the framework for providing a Statement of Initial Employment...
Forthcoming Introduction of Parental Bereavement Leave
By Caroline Cockbain, Associate Director.
The government has this week announced that it has laid the draft Parental Bereavement Leave and Pay...
What to Expect from Employment Law in 2020
By Lauren Wilson, Trainee Solicitor.
As 2020 begins, we take this opportunity to look forward to some of the anticipated and proposed developments...
What changes were made to employment law in 2019?
By Pauline Hughes, Trainee Solicitor.
As 2019 draws to a close, we take this opportunity to reflect on some of the employment law developments...
Festive staff parties – what could go wrong?
By Lauren Wison, Trainee Solicitor
Work-related events, including Christmas or other festive parties, can be considered ‘an extension of the...
Pancreatic Cancer awareness Month
By Gillian Cumming, Senior Solicitor.
Our Charity of the Year for 2019 is Pancreatic Cancer Scotland. November marks Pancreatic Cancer awareness...
Forthcoming IR35 tax legislation changes – how will this affect your business?
By Gillian Cumming, Senior Solicitor.
IR35 is tax legislation which was introduced to address a particular form of tax avoidance whereby individuals...
What could the “Good Work Plan: proposals for families” introduce in the workplace?
By Amanda Deeley, Solicitor.
The government has published the Good Work Plan: proposals for families setting out consultations on proposed reform...
Are agency workers entitled to be offered the same hours of work as a directly employed comparator?
By Caroline Cockbain, Associate Director.
As you may be aware, the Agency Workers Regulations 2010 state that after agency workers have passed...
Just Employment Law Backs the Jags
From our Managing Director, David McRae.
We are delighted to confirm that we have committed to remain as Partick Thistle Football Club’s Principal...
Holiday pay update
By Angela Strzyzewska, Solicitor.
There have been recent developments in case law concerning workers’ holiday pay. In light of these developments,...
