Christmas is rated as one of the 43 life events featured on The Holmes and Rahe Stress Scale which is used to monitor stress levels. The more events, the higher the score, the higher the score, the more likely the patient was to be suffering from stress which would contribute towards becoming ill. Work related […]
Are you experiencing a period of change in your business? Have you reached a point where you feel you have no option other than to make employees redundant? Do you have the knowhow and all the necessary legal documentation in place? Thankfully most employers do not find themselves in this situation very often as any […]
Redundancy is one of the situations employees dread. To lose your job due to your employer deciding or requiring to reduce the number of employees, can arouse a number of emotions – anger, dread, despair, sadness etc. It is important not to purely accept the decision and be swept along with the process without checking […]
We are currently advising and representing an administration worker in an employment tribunal claim. Our client alleges that she was discriminated on the basis that she had recently given birth; it is alleged that her employer hired a replacement whilst she was on maternity leave and made our client redundant on her return. An employment […]
Redundancy is one of the most stressful events a person can experience, how it is dealt with contributes hugely to the amount of stress felt. Our experts recently advised more than 10 employees from the same company who were made redundant and asked to enter into settlement agreements. As highly experienced employment lawyers we regularly […]
This week sees the shock announcement that the well-known high street store BHS has gone into liquidation. Employees have been facing weeks of uncertainty but were apparently unaware of the imminent closure. It is reported that all 163 shops will close and be sold off to other retailers, resulting in the loss of 8,000 permanent […]