by | May 31, 2023 | All Articles, Commercial Law, Employees, Employers, Employment Law articles, Karen, LGBT
Gender discrimination in the workplace still remains a real and rife issue, with many women experiencing sexual harassment, job insecurity and lower pay compared with their male colleagues. Discrimination is described as a...
by | May 31, 2023 | All Articles, Commercial Law, Employees, Employers, Employment Law articles, Karen Holden
As we see the 12th rise of interest rate in a row by the Bank of England (its highest rate since 2008) and bills still increasing resilience and budgeting is ever more an issue for businesses. We are now seeing waves of redundancies, the most recent of which is...
by | May 2, 2023 | All Articles, Commercial Law, Employees, Employers, Employment Law articles, Working Mum's Zone
In the light of proposed new legislation on women’s rights when pregnant or on maternity leave, lawyer Karen Holden outlines your rights if you are made redundant while pregnant. The current economic climate is precarious and it is highly likely we will see more...
by | Dec 20, 2022 | All Articles, Business Start-Up, Commercial Law, Employees, Employers, Jackie Watts
Over the last few months there has been an increasing wave of strike action across several different industries in the UK. This has caused widespread concerns for businesses. Strike action itself continues to affect various...
by | Dec 19, 2022 | All Articles, Commercial Law, Corporate, Employees, Karen Holden
Sexual harassment in the workplace is a vastly growing problem which pollutes the day to day working environment with toxicity, negativity and hostility. Often people don’t even realise it is harassment; don’t complain or other parties choose to ignore it...
by | Nov 8, 2022 | All Articles, Business Start-Up, Commercial Law, Commercial Property, Employees, Employers
Currently flexible working is at the discretion of employers and only available to those after 26 weeks of continuous service. Some employers need full time in person staff ; some could offer remote or part-time working , but Covid19 has stirred up many changes in the...