19/12/2024
Get to know your legal advisor – Matt Huggett
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- I’m selling or buying a business for the first time and I’ve heard about “TUPE”. What’s it all about?
- What ‘family friendly’ rights are my staff entitled to?
- How do I make sure I manage holiday entitlement legally?
- There’s been a lot in the news recently about publishing data on male pay versus female pay – do I have to do this?
- How do I ensure I’m paying the National Minimum Wage (NMW) correctly?
- What are the legal responsibilities of a company director?
- How can I manage Stress in our workplace?
- How do I deal with issues of Harassment or Bullying in our workplace?
- How do I manage a return from sick leave?
- I have received a letter or email that looks like a grievance. What do I do?
- How do I handle taking disciplinary action against a member of staff?
- How do I avoid the pitfalls of restructures and redundancies?
- What is Ethical HR and what’s in it for Employers?
- How do I deal with an employee’s poor performance?
- How do I protect my business reputation from comments on social media by employees?
- How do I get a happy and engaged workforce?
- I’m a HR consultant who needs some help as I’m outside my comfort zone – how will you deal with my client if I refer a matter to you?
- What is Whistleblowing?
- What can employment lawyers do that HR consultants can’t do?
- We have a troublesome employee who we’d like to exit the business – what do we need to consider?
- Are the rules different for charity employees?
- Do we need to provide contracts for our employees?
- If someone works for me on a casual basis, are they an employee?
- Is it possible to terminate the employment of someone who may not meet the criteria to undergo a full performance management or disciplinary process but is nonetheless disruptive to the organisation?
- Do I need to hire an HR manager/officer?
- What should an employment contract have in it?
- What is a permanent contract of employment?
- How do I ensure my recruitment process attracts the right employees for my business?
- Do I need any HR Policies?
- How do I ensure my managers are complying with current legislation and employment law procedures?
- My targets have changed and some responsibilities have been taken away. I am being managed out of my job. What can I do?
- My boss is discriminating against me, can I leave this job and claim against the company?
- You are a director of a limited company. What does that mean?
- Can I ask my employer for mediation?
- How long does it take to bring an Employment Tribunal Claim?
- What should I do if I think I should transfer under TUPE but this is not accepted by my new employer?
- How do I retain my key employees?
- What are the Transfer of Undertakings Regulations and when does someone transfer under TUPE?
- I think I am not getting equal pay for equal work – how do I challenge this?
- Can I be dismissed for being off work sick?
- Can my employer dismiss me if I am off sick or if my performance at work has been affected due to pregnancy?
- I have whistleblown and am now being treated badly by my employer – what should I do?
- What is Whistleblowing?
- How can I defend myself from misconduct or poor performance allegations made against me?
- I am facing being barred or struck off from my profession. What should I do?
- What is constructive dismissal and who can claim this?
- What is unfair dismissal and who can claim this?
- I am unhappy with the way that I am being treated by my employer. What should I do?
- Are the post termination restrictions (or restrictive covenants) within my employment contract enforceable after I leave my job?
- I’m a shareholder and director of a business but am being forced out of my role. What can I do?
- I feel I am being bullied or harassed at work. What should I do and what legal protection do I have?
- I would like to exit my employment under a negotiated agreement – how do I go about this and what should I consider?
- I have been given a Settlement Agreement to sign to leave my employment. What should I do?
- How do I retain my key employees?
- How do I ensure compliance from my team with regards to current legislation and employment law procedures?
- How do I ensure my recruitment process attracts the right employees for my business?
- Should I have an HR policy?
- What is an employment policy?
- What is a permanent contract of employment?
- What should an employment contract have in it?
- Do I need to hire an HR manager?
- Are court proceedings the only option?
- I am in dispute with a sub-contractor. What should I do?
- I have obtained a county court judgment but the debtor won’t pay, what can I do?
- How do you know how much your business is worth?
- Where can you find potential equity investors?
- Why should I register my land at the Land Registry? What are the benefits?
- How can I prevent my property from becoming a Town and/or Village Green?
- Can I grant a tenancy of my land without someone having the right to stay there for life?
- My son is a partner in the farm business and he is getting divorced. Are we going to lose the farm?
- What do I need to show for an adverse possession claim?
- How do I exclude “security of tenure” from the Lease?
- What does “exclusion of security of tenure” under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 mean?
- If I wish to apply for first registration of my property is there a fee?
- Do all executors named in the Will have to act in the administration of an estate?
- Does a grant have to be obtained for every estate?
- What is a grant of probate or letters of administration?
- How are trusts taxed?
- Do I need professional Trustees?
- What do I need to consider when planning for my retirement?
- Will my business be taken into account in a divorce?
- Can you enforce an English Order over seas?
- What do I do if I want to change my child’s name?
- Who are CAFCASS and what do they do?
- Who has parental responsibility?
- Can my new spouse adopt my child?
- What legal rights do you obtain when you adopt a child?
- What is a Supervision Order?
- Can my child be adopted against my wishes?
- What is an Interim Care Order?
- What is an Emergency Protection Order?
- Sickness absence – how is pay arranged for an employee that is on reduced hours due to a fit note – full pay or the pay for the hours they are working?
- What legal rights do you obtain when you adopt a child?
- What is Forum Shopping?
- My spouse is a partner/shareholder in the business. Will they continue to be following the divorce?
- Do I have to go to Court?
- Will I have to sell the house?
- What is an Energy Performance Certificate?
- What are restrictive covenants?
- Title deeds to our property have been lost or destroyed, can I still register the property?
- What does “registered title” mean?
- Do I need a Will?
- Why do I need specialist IP lawyers?
- What is e-commerce?
- What is copyright?
- I have discovered a trade mark similar to mine, what can I do?
- Can ANYTHING be registered as a trade mark?
- What is a trade mark?
- What do I do if the local authority believes caravan/lodge owners are using their caravans in breach of the planning permission?
- What can I do to add value to the park if caravans on site do not have planning permission?
- How does a licence agreement differ from a lease?
- Do I need a written agreement with my caravan/lodge owner?
- What is the process if I have terminated the licence agreement and the caravan owner is refusing to leave?
- Can holiday caravan/lodge owners stay in their caravans/lodges for the length of the season providing they leave during the closed season?
- What do I do if I can’t resolve a dispute with my caravan/lodge owner?
- Are there any deadlines for making an application to the First Tribunal to determine the pitch fee and how long will it take?
- What should I do if I am planning to review the pitch fee by an amount which is greater than the change in RPI because I have made improvements to the Park?
- Do I have to serve a notice of pitch fee review if I am only reviewing the pitch fee in line with RPI (Retail Prices Index?)
- What are my chances of obtaining an Order for termination and possession?
- What steps do I need to think about before taking action to end a resident’s agreement?
- Should I bring a claim in the County Court or the Tribunal?
- What’s the best way to resolve a residential park dispute?
- How long does a divorce take?
- What do I need to consider when recruiting charity trustees?
- Can a charity own property?
- Should we be following special rules for volunteers?
- What is a charity trustee?
- What do I need to have in place to register a new charity?
- Does the charity need to be registered with the Charity Commission?
- What makes an organisation a charity in law?
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