Articles by ‘Malcolm Gregory’

A ground breaking court ruling has paved the way for millions of UK workers to claim additional holiday pay.

There has been a recent change in the way courts deal with restrictive covenants, which makes it even more crucial that your employment contracts contain properly drafted, reasonable restrictive covenants.

Health &  Safety Myth Busting

The Government’s myth busters challenge panel has recently considered its 300th case. Unbelievably when a customer using the disabled toilet at a country pub enquired as to why there was no mirror she was advised by the overzealous landlady that there was no mirror “for health and safety reasons”.

The use of e-cigarettes has been a hot topic recently, with a polarised debate in the media and elsewhere about their health benefits and acceptability. Increasingly they are impacting on the workplace, so what considerations do employers need to take into account?

The Labour Party has promised “equal rights for the self employed” if it wins the next election. Ed Miliband, its leader, made the announcement during his speech to Labour’s Annual Conference this week. He did not provide details of what this would mean for the self employed.  Watch this space….!

Insolvent businesses which continue to trade are in danger of being hit by backdated claims for employees’ extra holiday pay.

Withy King and Oxfordshire accountants Wellers are holding a seminar to help technology businesses identify tax savings, safeguard employee knowledge and protect their intangible assets. The event is aimed at owner-managers, company directors, finance…

Unite the union has hailed an employment appeal tribunal (EAT) judgement on the working time arrangements for on-call paramedics and techniciansin the Scottish Ambulance Service (SAS) as a victory for workers’ rights.

Employees on zero hours contracts will be free to find work with more than one employer after the government moved to ban exclusivity clauses.

Severe or morbid obesity could be considered a disability under European Union (EU) law, according to a leading EU law officer.

New guidance on employees’ rights in business transfers has been published to help employers.

The Court of Appeal has ruled that a badly drafted restrictive covenant should not be rewritten to make it enforceable.