Holiday calculation when part timers change hours The European Court has ruled on the sticky question of what holiday someone is entitled to, when they accrue the holiday on part time hours, and then take the holiday when they have increased their hours? The answer is that there must be...

Discrimination with a limited company as the victim A fascinating development in terms of the Equality Act has been published by the Appeal Tribunal. In short, a partner gave up his partnership and instead made a limited company a partner in the partnership. He did this for tax reasons, supplying...

Minimum Wage Increase this week As of this coming Thursday (1st October) the National Minimum Wage increases for adults from £6.50 to £6.70 per hour. For 18-20 year olds it goes up to £5.30, for 16-17 year olds it goes up to £3.87 and the apprentice rate will be £3.30....

Do you sell to individual consumers? - Consumer Rights Act Guidance [caption id="attachment_974" align="alignleft" width="150"] Consumer Rights Act Guidance[/caption] The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) have published a great summary of the key elements of the Consumer Rights Act 2015. It is not meant be a comprehensive guide to...

SHERBORNES SOLICITORS NAMED UK TOP RATED  Everyone loves to support local success stories so we’re proud to let you know that Darren Sherborne from Sherbornes Solicitors has been named as UK Top Rated! Darren qualified as Top Rated as a result of all the glowing reviews written by our clients on VouchedFor.co.uk, the leading review...

Gloucester Rugby Announced Sherbornes Solicitors as Official Legal Partner & Appointed Solicitor Sherbornes Solicitors have been assign as the club’s Official Legal Partner. Under the arrangement, Sherbornes will provide legal advice to Gloucester Rugby on a wide range of legal matters from employment to business law. Gloucester Rugby’s Chief Executive...

Travel to work as working time There has been a dismayed response from employers following the European Court’s decision to say that travel to the first job of the day, from home, should be counted as working time.  This dismay has led to some exaggeration of the point and therefore,...

Role of HR in disciplinary matters The EAT has handed down a case which serves as a useful reminder that it is the individual hearing a disciplinary, and only that individual, who should decide what action to take.  In Ramphal v Department for Transport, the Claimant argued that HR had...

 Expanding discrimination: Employers beware  The European Court has handed down a judgment that is going to have a major impact on the concept of indirect discrimination in the UK, and reminds us all how small the world has become. To summarise, indirect discrimination is the concept of an employer applying...

Does your business sell to consumers (i.e. those ordinary folk who buy goods, services or digital content for themselves and not behalf of the company that they work for)? If it does, then 01 October 2015 will see the coming into force of the new Consumer Rights Act 2015.  This...