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April 10, 2025
Desk status confirmed by Employment Tribunal ruling
With firms asking employees to return to the office, squabbles over desk arrangements might become more common, and employers might want to consider a recent Employment Tribunal ruling on desk allocation. A recent case involved an estate agent who resigned his role after being denied a ‘symbolically significant’ seat after viewing it as a demotion. […]
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April 10, 2025
Ruling provides further guidance on worker status vs employment status
Employers should take note of a recent Employment Appeal Tribunal decision which gives clearer guidance on the assessment of worker status vs employment status. In the case Ter-Berg v Malde and another, the Employment Appeal Tribunal overturned a previous tribunal decision which considered the legal test for both worker and employment status to be interchangeable. […]
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April 10, 2025
Business Property Relief changes and your business.
Have you considered how changes announced in the October 2024 budget to Business Property Relief (BPR) may impact on your plans for succession or selling your business in the future? With effect from 6 April 2026, businesses worth less than £1m will qualify for full BPR, whilst those valued above £1m will receive a reduced […]
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April 10, 2025
Shared Parental Leave: Are your employees using it?
It is ten years since shared parental leave was introduced in the UK, but research published recently by The Dad Shift has found only 2% of new fathers have benefited from it during this period. Shared parental leave gives up to 50 weeks leave and up to 37 weeks of pay after the birth or […]
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April 10, 2025
AI Policy for your workplace
Do you know how many of your employees are using Artificial Intelligence to assist with their work? As the use of AI and the number of platforms increases, employers need to consider what it means for their business, if and how employees should be allowed to use it and what the risks and benefits of […]
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March 10, 2025
Occupation orders
A question we are often asked is can I make my ex leave the house? Where either joint owner cohabitant wants to stay in the home and for the other person to leave, they can apply for an occupation order as long as they are entitled. An Occupation Order is a short-term solution, and it […]
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March 10, 2025
Multi-generational living and divorce
The rising cost of living in recent years means many families are considering living together to help share living costs and to combat other issues such as loneliness and care needs in old age or help with young children for busy working parents. But what happens if there is a relationship break down and subsequent […]
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March 10, 2025
Lives With and Shared Lives With orders
Dealing with the parenting of children after separation or divorce. For a couple separating or divorcing who have children together, a key question is who their children will live with. It is sometimes wrongly assumed that children will divide their time equally between both parents. This is often impractical, and it is up to both […]
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February 20, 2025
High Street Heroes Awards 2024
The High Street Heroes Awards 2024 took place in late November at Maidstone United’s Gallagher Stadium, and we had a fantastic response from the public who nominated 28 businesses and charities, along with some of the individuals working within them. These awards now in their third year were run in partnership with One Maidstone and […]
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February 20, 2025
Gravesham’s top business honours
It was a sellout evening with exceptional companies attending the Gravesham Business Awards 24 gala night at the Inn on the Lake also in November. Competition was high for the category finalists with the judges facing a difficult task. Head judge Keith Mason, partner at Barnes Roffe said it was good to see such business […]
