Rising Staff Costs and Shrinking Budgets – Delivering the Impossible?
We are helping many providers try and argue that their staff are working unmeasured time and therefore that their arrangements on paying a flat fee for the shift are compliant […]
EU procurement – Get set and ready before you go – completely set and ready
The 2015 Regulations introduce a new definition of ‘procurement documents’ which replaces and extends a similar term in the previous 2006 Regulations. This means “any document produced or referred to […]
New ASB Case Law
A Judge had not erred in making a possession order against a tenant because of her son’s repeated acts of nuisance. The tenant’s teenage son had exhibited anti-social behaviour in […]
Extra Extra Care
Those developed by RPs sit easily alongside schemes established by private developers, with both types of scheme undoubtedly addressing a key need within communities and providing a real choice of […]
Public Procurement: A tool for good not evil?
The 2014 Directive spells it out, though, in just its second Recital: “Public procurement plays a key role in the Europe 2020 strategy… as one of the market-based instruments to […]
Managing reputation risk in a #SocialMediaWorld
The way in which organisations interact with social media is just one way an organisation needs to consider its approach to reputation management. Within minutes of an incident happening social […]
When a “valuation” is not an application for payment
In Jawaby Property Investment v Interiors Group** the Employer had asked for a “valuation” 3 days before the date on which an interim payment application had to be made under the […]
Church Security – a Time to Take Sensible Precautions
Everyone will be aware of the awful events in France over the last few weeks including the murder of a Catholic priest this week as he led his congregation. It […]
Protecting disabled employee’s pay – is it a mandatory adjustment?
Law Under the Equality Act 2010 (the “Act”) an employer has a duty to make reasonable adjustments to help disabled job applicants, employees and former employees in certain circumstances. It […]
Gender Pay Reporting is coming – are you ready?
Subject to parliamentary approval (which we believe is likely), the Regulations will come into force on 6 April 2017. So what do you need to know about the revised Regulations […]
Trade Union Act 2016 – does it really strike a blow to unions?
The provisions ought to make it harder for unions to take industrial action. On the back of recent and high-profile disruption to services through strike action, this is likely to […]
Pre-Action Protocol for debt claims
Below is a series of questions and answers to assist with the new Pre-Action Protocol (“the Protocol”) and are primarily aimed at creditors. 1. When does it come into force? […]