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Howarths team grows again with duo of appointments and promotion

We have recently grown our team once again with two new faces joining us at Howarths HQ. Sharon Escritt has joined the company as senior HR adviser and will provide...

4 tips to make your contracts of employment work for your employees

Employers are under a legal obligation to provide all employees with a contract of employment within the first 8 weeks of employment. Instead of treating this obligation as a “box...

Client Update – NDAs and confidentiality clauses

The government has published a response to its consultation on confidentiality clauses: measures to prevent misuse in situations of workplace harassment or discrimination. The response can be found here. Whilst...

Client Update – Holiday Pay and Part Year Workers

The law on holiday pay is forever evolving and in the most recent case on the matter, the Court of Appeal had to consider whether the holiday entitlement of part-year...

Client Update – Health Reform

The government has opened a consultation setting out a range of proposals to reduce ill health related job loss. The proposal can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/health-is-everyones-business-proposals-to-reduce-ill-health-related-job-loss/health-is-everyones-business-proposals-to-reduce-ill-health-related-job-loss One proposal of interest...

Five “Must-Do’s” in order to avoid the Employment Tribunal

Ending up in an Employment Tribunal is every employer’s worst nightmare and whilst an employer can never guarantee that they won’t be sued by a disgruntled employee, there are things...