The Government has announced new measures to prevent illegal working in the UK.  From 29 February 2008 employers face a penalty of £10,000 for each illegal migrant worker employed.    However if an employer is found to have knowingly hired illegal workers the fine could be unlimited and directors or managers could face up to two [...]

Posted: November 29th, 2007 under Employment/HR.
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Megan Thomas of Surrey was not even born when the Specials hit the top of the charts with “Too much too young” in the early eighties.  However Ms Thomas, 20, is reported to have become the first person to win a discrimination claim after being told that she was too young for her job.
Ms Thomas [...]

Posted: November 23rd, 2007 under Employment/HR.
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A contract in a basic sense can be seen as a benefit (often the payment of money) to one party and a burden (obligations) on the other. Of course, contracts are usually more complex than this with a series of interlinked benefits and burdens. But the concept of benefits and burdens is important to understanding when [...]

Posted: November 19th, 2007 under Contract.
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What is intellectual property?
Intellectual Property can mean different things in different contexts. In a strictly narrow legal sense, intellectual property means legal rights such as patents, trade marks and designs and confidential know-how. In a commercial sense, intellectual property often includes more than this such as the general know-how in an organisation, [...]

Posted: November 6th, 2007 under Intellectual Property.
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When an employer proposes to dismiss as redundant 20 or more employees at one establishment within 90 days, then there is an obligation to consult employee representatives about the proposals.
An employer is required to notify the representatives of the reasons for the proposals.  However until recently an employer had no obligation to consult on those [...]

Posted: November 6th, 2007 under Employment/HR.
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