A significant number changes to employment law will come into force in 2024, some of which are more impactful than others. Here are out “Top 6” changes for employers to be aware of. Changes to Holidays and Holiday Pay – January 2024 Amendments to the Working Time Regulations (WTR) came into effect in January, and […]
Changes in UK immigration policy continue to make an impact on company employment objectives as the government introduces further financial challenges to new applications for skilled worker, health care and family/spouse visas. The following changes to salary thresholds and dependents need to be taken into serious consideration. Skilled Worker Where the Skilled Worker Route is […]
When looking ahead at pensions cases expected to be heard in 2024, there are scheduled to be some key cases concerning pension scheme amendments. In particular, the validity of past pension scheme changes, which can have a huge impact on the true liabilities of the scheme and the employer and the underlying entitlements of the […]
This article originally featured in The Telegraph on the 20th January 2024. Pre-Nuptial Agreements (Pre-nups) can be used by both parties either before or after marriage to ringfence assets which may normally be considered for distribution upon divorce. Since the landmark case of Radmacher v Granatino [2010 UKSC 42], where the Supreme Court enforced a […]
This is the final in a three-part series examining how the law allowed the Post office scandal to happen and the role now being played by the law and those who work within it in redressing what has been described as the largest miscarriage of justice in legal history. This part takes stock of where […]
Sarah Miles, a Corporate Partner, recently celebrated her one year anniversary with the firm. Read on to hear what she has to say… I can’t believe it has been a whole year since I joined gunnercooke! The flexibility in terms of when and where I work together with the lack of tasks that burden you […]
The Pensions Regulator’s (TPR) new General Code of Practice (previously called the single code) is expected to come into force on 27 March 2024, some three years after consultation began in 2021. The General Code brings together 10 of the 15 current Codes of Practice to provide one set of expectations on scheme governance, with […]
This is the second in a three-part series examining how the law allowed the Post office scandal to happen and the role now being played by the law and those who work within it in redressing what has been described as the largest miscarriage of justice in legal history. This part considers the powers of […]
This is the first in a three-part series examining how the law allowed the Post office scandal to happen and the role now being played by the law and those who work within it in redressing what has been described as the largest miscarriage of justice in legal history. In particular, it looks at how […]
The Equality Act 2010 defines sexual harassment as occurring when a person engages in unwanted behaviour of a sexual nature, whether verbal, non-verbal or physical, that (i) violates an individual’s dignity, or (ii) creates an intimidating, hostile, degrading, humiliating or offensive working environment. The Worker Protection (Amendment of Equality Act) Act (“the new Act”) makes […]
To read this article in German, click here. For Spanish, click here. In this article, I will be shedding light on the complications within the turbine division of tech giant Siemens Energy and exploring the subsequent financial ramifications faced by wind turbine operators. If you have purchased 4.X or 5.X wind turbine platforms, you may […]