Backhouse Solicitors News
The Government has announced a proposal to extend redundancy protection for women and new parents. A consultation paper has been published following recommendations made by the Taylor Review of Modern Working Practices in 2017. Currently, under regulation 10 of the Maternity and Parental Leave etc Regulations [...]
New Contractual Rights for Couriers The GMB trade union have struck a ground-breaking deal with courier firm Hermes this week. Under the new agreement the 15,000 gig economy couriers will be able to opt in to become “Self-Employed Plus” workers giving them the access to new [...]
In a long awaited follow up to Matthew Taylor's Good Work Review of July 2017, the Government has now published a series of proposals to update UK employment law. Despite claims that it is the biggest reform of employment law in 20 years, it perhaps more accurately [...]
Legal information library LexisNexis recently interviewed Liz Searl, Head of Residential Property here at Backhouse Solicitors about the state of the UK property market. The resulting article discusses the difficulties of getting onto the housing ladder in the UK, how the Government is attempting to solve [...]
Bakery owners who refused to supply a cake bearing an iced message in support of gay marriage were entitled to follow their religious beliefs and were not guilty of any form of discrimination, the Supreme Court has ruled in what has been dubbed by the media [...]
In October 2017, we outlined the proposed right for recently bereaved parents to take two weeks of Parental Bereavement Leave following the loss of a child under 18. The Parental Bereavement (Leave and Pay) Act 2018 has just received Royal Assent and the law is now expected to [...]
In August 2017 the Employment Tribunal decided that a cycle courier working for Addison Lee was a “worker” under UK employment law and not self-employed. This meant that he was entitled to holiday pay. The contract between Addison Lee and the courier Mr Gascoigne stated specifically [...]
It comes as no surprise that statistics recently published by the Ministry of Justice have shown a large increase in the number of Employment Tribunal claims against employers. Although statistics are published on a quarterly basis, the figures for October – December 2017 are of particular [...]
The Employment Rights (Increase of Limits) Order 2018 has been announced and increases the employment tribunal compensation limits that can be awarded in unfair dismissal claims. The new limits will take effect from 6th April 2018 and mean that a finding of unfair dismissal could cost [...]
The UK National Minimum Wage rates for 2018 have now been confirmed, and effective from 1st April 2018 workers aged 25 and over will see their hourly rate increase to £7.83 (up 33p from £7.50). National Minimum Wage Rates will be as follows: Workers aged 25 [...]
