Ebriefings

What can an employer do when its negotiations with a recognised union break down and they cannot collectively agree changes to terms?

The sanctions against employers who knowingly or unknowingly employ individuals who do not have the correct immigration status to work in the UK are stringent.

Rebecca Read considers the implications of the decision in Donelien v Liberata UK Ltd and the employer’s obligations when determining whether a worker has a disability.

Employers are having to walk a fine line between protecting their interests whilst also ensuring that they are not breaching their employees’ rights.

Under the Working Time Regulations (WTR) a worker is entitled to a 20 minute rest break away from their workstation if their daily working time exceeds six hours. However, there are limited circumstan

The maximum discount available to tenants exercising their right to buy or preserved right to buy (in England only) is increasing.

Housing providers hoping to escape the EU procurement rules should note that this is unlikely pre-Brexit.

The national study, Why Asthma still kills, involved a detailed examination of the circumstances surrounding 195 deaths from asthma in the UK in 2012.

Currently, the law doesn’t allow a single parent with a child born via surrogacy to obtain a parental order, leaving their family legally vulnerable.

Necrotising Fasciitis, more commonly known as the ‘flesh-eating disease’, is a significant medical condition that requires urgent treatment.

The CQC’s prosecution earlier this month of an Essex Care home comes as a salient reminder of the need for providers to act promptly.

Many of us who have been following the unfolding Inquest, are not surprised that the Coroner found gross and significant failures on the part of those caring for him.