When an employee believes they have suffered unfair treatment by their employer, the first port of call is to attempt to resolve such matters internally, either informally or via the employer's grievance procedure.
Generally, it's no defence to the contractor that he could not build what he's agreed to build, where he's agreed to build it, the tender will carry two challenges, the technological challenge, which is yes, I can build this, and the financial challenge, which is, yes, I can build it for the agreed price.
Welcome to our September 2024 Employment Law Update!
Under any type of contract, a party will want to limit to what extent they will be liable to the other party for losses the other party incurs which are attributable to that first party. Logistics contracts are no exception.
With managing the impact of the Coronavirus pandemic taking a priority position on the agenda, understandably many employers have put the mandatory changes to Contracts of Employment implemented on 6 April 2020 on the back burner.
Headlines in today’s Daily Mail stated that “2.4M Caught in Covid Cancer Backlog”. It claimed that ‘screening checks, hospital appointments and vital treatment lost during the pandemic’ and was based on figures from Cancer Research UK.
The 4th July is upon us, and with it, the country’s “end of hibernation” in the words of Boris Johnson. For many of us, this also means finally being able to return to our favourite pubs, bars and restaurants for a drink which, after the last three months, it is safe to say has been well and truly earned.
Six months on from lockdown, Sarah Perry, our Managing Partner, reflects on this period, lessons learnt and what the future might look like.
The Digital Services Act (DSA) will update EU regulations relating to digital services in order to protect consumers online and ensure that all platform providers behave in a transparent, fair and consistent way. It will apply to all online platforms targeting EU consumers regardless of where that platform is based.
In the spring we commented on stories of estranged couples using lockdown to alter childcare arrangements unilaterally