Insights

2nd July 2015

Heyma Holmes looks at a recent case highlighting this point and the importance of ensuring your business is protected in such a situation.

2nd July 2015

Since 2010, auto-enrolment has required more and more employers to automatically enrol workers into a qualifying pension scheme. Chris Aldridge looks at the compliance of small employers with this obligation.

2nd July 2015

Katy Ponsford looks at this month’s Engineering Employers Federation’s (the EEF) survey that has identified a significant rise in long term absence in the manufacturing industry and discusses how employers can deal with this worrying trend.

2nd July 2015

“No”, said the Employment Tribunal in McElroy v Cambridgeshire Community Services NHS Trust. Jaime Gay looks at a recent case of unfair dismissal when an employee attended work smelling of alcohol, an action that was regarded as gross misconduct.

16th June 2015

Following a long and successful relationship with leading Baltic law firm LEXTAL, Kathryn Johnston enjoyed a four week secondment in Tallinn, Estonia, as part of a continuing exchange scheme.

16th June 2015

Links between Cheltenham based BPE Solicitors and Estonian law firm, LEXTAL were further strengthened recently when Kathryn Johnston, a Solicitor from BPE was invited to spend a four week secondment in Estonia through an exchange programme between the two firms.