The government has published its longest ever list naming and shaming employers who have failed to pay the National Minimum Wage (NMW). The list names 197 companies across a range of sectors including football clubs, hotels, care homes and hairdressers. Between them they owed their employees £465,291 in arrears because of longstanding underpayment of wages.
Employers may wish to reconsider their strategies for avoiding workplace bullying and abuse following the referendum vote to leave the EU. There have several examples across the country of workers being subjected to name calling and harassment because of the way they voted, and there have been separate incidents of ethnic minorities being abused for
The standard break clauses to be found in most commercial tenancy agreements often lead to disputes, but it’s thought the numbers are likely to rise dramatically over the coming few years as the country adjusts to the Brexit decision to leave the EU. Declining orders mean more and more firms may use the break clause
Four directors have been disqualified from running a company for up to 11 years after failing to carry out their legal duties. The two men and two women ran a gaming company that was placed into administration in April 2014, with an estimated deficiency to creditors of £1,190,744. An investigation by the Insolvency Service found
The number of county court debt judgments against businesses in England and Wales has fallen to its lowest level for seven years. Figures compiled by the Registry Trust show there were 42,091 county court judgments (CCJs) recorded against businesses during the first six months of 2016, a year on year fall of 19%. The total
The High Court has refused to grant a company an order preventing a franchisee from trading following a dispute over the ending of a contract. The judge held that if the company won its case, it could be awarded damages, which would be an adequate way for it to recover any loss. The case involved
Unless you have been on a very long holiday in a darkened room with no access to the news you will be aware that on June 23, 2016, the United Kingdom voted to leave the EU. While the notice period required means that the actual exit date is still unclear, some immediate challenges for businesses
A school was entitled to dismiss its headteacher after she failed to disclose her relationship with a man convicted of making indecent images of children. The Employment Tribunal heard that the man was sentenced to a community order and a sexual offences prevention order forbidding him from having unsupervised access to children under 18. The
One of the EU’s leading law officials has found in favour of a woman who was sacked for wearing an Islamic headscarf at work. The findings of an EU Advocate General are not binding on the European Court of Justice (ECJ), although they are usually accepted. The case involved a French design engineer who wore
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has confirmed that an employee who is unable to take annual leave because of sickness can carry over the entitlement to a later date. The case involved a teacher in Poland who was convalescing from an illness and unable to take her annual leave. When she later came to