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Sam Butler Sam Butler

PAYBACK TIME

Recent events have brought the BBC into the spotlight for its handling of internal employment issues. The BBC's request for Huw Edwards to repay more than £200,000 of his salary following his confession to sexual misconduct charges…

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Rachel Yorke Rachel Yorke

THE LINE BETWEEN 'BANTER & 'HARASSMENT'

I recently came across several media stories about the case of Bratt v JGQC Solicitors, a case concerning legal secretary Megan Bratt, and her claims that she had been sexually…

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Rachel Yorke Rachel Yorke

LABOUR'S FIRST KING'S SPEECH

The greatest change in a generation is how Casper Glyn KC described the proposed legislation set out by the Labour Government in their first King’s Speech. Whilst all the changes announced were…

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Sam Butler Sam Butler

LESS TIME IN WORK = MORE VALUE FOR MONEY?

Is a 4 day working week closer following South Cambridgeshire Council’s successful trial? Imagine having a three-day weekend every week. Sounds pretty amazing, right…

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Sam Butler Sam Butler

BALLOT BOX BLUES

As many wake up to the news of Labour’s landslide general election victory, whatever your political allegiance, you may wonder what happens to the 11 Cabinet Ministers and many hundreds of other Members of the UK Parliament (MPs) who…

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Rachel Yorke Rachel Yorke

POLITICAL DISCUSSIONS

Election day is upon us! Which means political discussions in the workplace are likely...This is of course no bad thing, unless those discussions lead to an intentional or (more likely) unintentional act of harassment and…

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Sam Butler Sam Butler

LABOUR'S FAIR WORK AGENCY

Off the back of the publication of Labour’s plans to “Make Work Pay”, Deputy Leader and Shadow Minister for Future Work, Angela Raynor has given further details to…

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Sam Butler Sam Butler

"MUST WATCH" EVENTS DURING THE 9 TO 5?

The Summer of 2024: “Must watch” events during the 9-5?
Euro 2024 has already been packed with major day-time events, and that is only going to increase over the next…

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Simon Horsfield Simon Horsfield

TOO HOT?

As the UK basks in the latest heatwave, employees at UK Plc are increasingly asking at what point it becomes so hot that they have a legal right not to attend work. Many will probably do a quick google search and…

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Simon Horsfield Simon Horsfield

WELCOME SAM BUTLER

I began my legal career at the international law firm, DLA Piper, and was fortunate to work on large global deals as well as national and high profile litigation. I then spent 12 months in-house with…

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Rachel Yorke Rachel Yorke

A ROUGH RECEPTION

Law firm receptionist loses disability discrimination claim earlier this month, Croydon Employment Tribunal (ET) handed down its reasoning in a case concerning Kent-based law…

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Simon Horsfield Simon Horsfield

A DEAL OR NO DEAL?

On 24 May 2024, Labour published its updated ‘New Deal for Working People’ to mixed reception. Even the Unions were split: whilst UNISON welcomed the proposals, Unite described it as having…

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Rachel Yorke Rachel Yorke

MOVING MORE FOR OUR MENTAL HEALTH

The theme of this year's Mental Health Week was ‘Moving more for our mental health’ - so here's the Horsfield Menzies Team chasing those feel-good endorphins…

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Joanne Alvey Joanne Alvey

WORKPLACE ABSENCE - SUNAK IS 'SICK OF IT'

The use of fit notes has hit the headlines recently as a result of Government issuing a ‘call for evidence’ on the reform of fit notes and our current Prime Minister…

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Rachel Yorke Rachel Yorke

1000 MATTERS!

Congratulations to Matthew Brawn who is our 1000th matter. To mark this milestone we've donated to a charity of Matthew's choosing! Here's to the next 1000!

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