Non-solicitation clauses and press statements
Publication date: 09.09.2024
Article database » Contracts » Restrictive covenants clause
The High Court has allowed a claim to enforce a non-solicitation clause to proceed to trial, even though the ex-employee’s actions were indirect via a press statement from his new employer. Does this
ruling impact our Restrictive Covenant Clauses?
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Extending voluntary redundancy deadline
Publication date: 09.09.2024
Article database » Redundancy » Redundancy policy
Where you’ve invited employees to apply for voluntary redundancy and given a deadline for applications, you might subsequently decide to extend it, which you can do using our new letter. Why might
you want to use it?
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Q&A - right to be accompanied
Publication date: 09.09.2024
Article database » Discipline/grievances » Grievance procedure
Q&A - right to be accompanied..Q. Do witnesses or the alleged perpetrator have a statutory right to be accompanied to a grievance investigation meeting? A. The statutory right to be accompanied
by a work colleague, trade union official or trade union representative applies only in relation to the formal grievance meeting itself, and only to the...
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Q&A - job offer withdrawal for business reasons
Publication date: 09.09.2024
Article database » Recruitment » Offer of appointment letter
Q&A - job offer withdrawal for business reasons..Q. What’s the legal position if we want to withdraw a conditional job offer for business reasons unrelated to the candidate’s failure to fulfil
the conditions? A. If the job offer hasn’t been accepted by the candidate, either verbally or in writing, there’s no contract in place yet and so...
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Interviewing a grievance witness
Publication date: 09.09.2024
Article database » Discipline/grievances » Grievance procedures
Where a grievance names other employees as witnesses, you should interview them as part of your investigation. Our new letter arranges those interviews. What does it say?
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Updated whistleblowing policy
Publication date: 09.09.2024
Article database » Company rules » Whistleblowing policy
We thought it was about time that we reviewed our Whistleblowing Policy and, as a result of our review, we’ve made some useful additions to it. In what ways have we amended our policy?
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Providing feedback to rejected candidates
Publication date: 09.09.2024
Article database » Recruitment » Recruitment
Where a candidate’s job application has been unsuccessful, sometimes they might request feedback on why they didn’t get the job. Our new letter covers this scenario. Do you have to give feedback to
rejected candidates?
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Withdrawing a conditional job offer
Publication date: 09.09.2024
Article database » Recruitment » Offer of appointment letter
A recent news story gave us cause to review our Letter Withdrawing Conditional Offer of Appointment. What was the story all about and how have we amended our letter to assist you when withdrawing a
conditional job offer?
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Overwhelmed by slip and trip hazards
Publication date: 08.11.2018
Article database
You have taken on new premises with a mix of external surfaces, some of which are hazardous. As you don’t have the budget to get it all fixed right away what can you do to reduce the risk?
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The dangers of too much oxygen
Publication date: 08.11.2018
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Yorkshire Water has received a substantial fine in connection with a fatal accident involving oxygen. How did the gas become a hazard to its workers and where did the company go wrong?
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