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The 6 April 2017 Immigration Changes: Charges, Closures and Criminal Record Checks
...employment where the employee will be earning £73,900 or more, as well as with the reduction of high earner salaries from £155,300 to £120,000. This is particularly helpful where there are senior move...
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Headteacher’s dismissal for failing to disclose relationship with sex offender was justified
...employment tribunal found that her dismissal was within the range of reasonable responses open to the school. Whilst there were deficiencies in the appeal process that made her dismissal technica...
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Company pensions obligations – being shy and retiring is not an option
Company pensions obligations – being shy and retiring is not an option Dealing with a defined benefit (DB) pension scheme on a corporate transaction can be challenging. DB schemes with significant fun...
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Dr Rosalind Ranson awarded just under £3.2m in whistleblowing case
...Employment Tribunal…. ‘I would like to thank my fantastic legal team [at Doyle Clayton and Old Square Chambers] appointed by the BMA’…..‘It is my belief that those who deliberately and intentionally s...
Changes to the rules on taxation on pension provision
Changes to the rules on taxation on pension provision Rules on pension taxation change all the time, so what’s new? Since their introduction, the government has been changing the rules on the Lifetime...
Apply now before the large increase in Tier 2 visa application fees in April 2017!
...employment start date for new hires, or the expiry date of the current visa for extension applications, employers should be preparing for such applications now and lodging them, where possible, before...
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Construction of pension scheme documents
Construction of pension scheme documents How will courts construe pension scheme rules? The wonderful world of Defined Benefit pension schemes often feels like a living and breathing example of the m...
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Workers Falling Sick During Annual Leave Can Postpone Holiday
Workers Falling Sick During Annual Leave Can Postpone Holiday The ECJ has confirmed that workers who fall sick during a period of annual leave can take their holiday at a later date. In Asociacion Nac...
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No Transfer of Directors' Employment under TUPE on Loss of Company’s Sole Contract
...Employment under TUPE on Loss of Company’s Sole Contract Directors of a charity providing services to a single client did not transfer under TUPE when it lost the contract and the client took the serv...
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Tribunal Hearing Can Go Ahead in Claimant’s Absence
Tribunal Hearing Can Go Ahead in Claimant’s Absence The right to a fair trial under Article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights does not mean it will necessarily be unfair to proceed in a par...
Generation Y Most Negative Towards Older Staff - as published on HR Grapevine
...employment law solicitors Doyle Clayton interviewed 1,000 employees across a range of organisations and found millennials are also most likely to feel they have suffered sex discrimination. 16.3% beli...
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Violence at Work on the Decline
...employment experienced work-related violence including threats and physical assault. there were an estimated 583, 000 incidents of violence at work according to the 2013/14 CSEW, comprising 269, 000 a...
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Next step for Doyle Clayton
...employment law boutique has long been one of the legal industry’s pioneers, with non-lawyers profit sharing (through share ownership) now opening this up to all of its employees. The move will ensure ...
Fair Dismissals - Capability and Performance. A How to Guide for Aspiring HR Advisers
...employment law aspects of managing conduct concerns. In this webinar, areas our experts cover include: What should you do when you have concerns about an employee’s performance?How to manage a Perfo...
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Doyle Clayton Celebrates 25 years
...employment firm, and the company has continued to evolve and adapt accordingly to where we now have over 80 employees, supporting clients across multiple services. We have developed a team of highly...
When a visit of an overseas employee goes wrong - as published in Edge Magazine
When a visit of an overseas employee goes wrong - as published in Edge Magazine Owen Jones, Partner and Head of Business Immigration at Doyle Clayton , offers advice on how to make sure overseas emplo...
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Children and Families Act 2014 Receives Royal Assent
Children and Families Act 2014 Receives Royal Assent The Children and Families Act 2014, which introduces shared parental leave and extends the right to request flexible working, has received Royal As...
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Violence at Work Statistics Released
...employment experienced work related violence including threats and physical assault; There were an estimated 649,000 incidents of violence at work, comprising 332,000 assaults and 317,000 threats. Th...
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Tier 1 Visa Key Rule Changes in Force from 6 November 2014
Tier 1 Visa Key Rule Changes in Force from 6 November 2014 As of January 2015: For up to date guidance on all Tier 1 entrepreneur, Tier 1 investor visa applications please click here The Home ...
Disclosure of criminal convictions to the FCA in financial services roles
...employment of reformed offenders. Under the Act, cautions and convictions may become spent after a specified period which varies according to the sentence passed. The offender is then regarded as reha...