Articles by ‘James Sage’

As all sponsors should be aware, having a sponsor licence means complying with various sponsor duties and a breach can lead to the Home Office revoking the licence. Two recent cases have dealt with…

Skills for Care has announced it is preparing a Social Care Workforce Strategy, which is due to be published in Spring 2024. The Government’s repeated failure to create a workforce strategy for the sector…

Whilst recruitment and retention remain a key issue for care providers in 2024, it is also a year of significant change in HR and employment law. Here is a summary of the key changes…

When acquiring a business in the health and social care sector, there are some key issues which can hold up exchange and completion if not dealt with proactively from the outset. Effective due diligence…

When taking legal advice on a disciplinary or grievance investigation, you will want to ensure that only the final version of your investigation report, which has been reviewed and approved by your legal advisor,…

The care sector is not immune from the post-COVID-19 push towards greater flexible working practices. Whilst working from home isn’t an option for frontline staff, pressure is building on the traditional fixed rota, fixed…

Skills for Care has published a new report which shows that the number of vacant posts in social care increased by 55,000 (52%) over the last year and currently stands at 165,000. In addition,…

This week, the Government published their plans on how the social care sector and wider economy will be supported as the country deals with the next phase of COVID-19. We set out below what…

The Government has announced plans to revoke the legislation making mandatory vaccination a condition of deployment in care homes, the wider social care sector, and the NHS. The decision has clearly already been made…